DRDO develops P7 Heavy Drop System for Indian Army Special Forces

The Indian Army’s Para Commando Special Forces after a long wait will finally get its P7 Heavy Drop System developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation.

This is a fully indigenous system manufactured by L&T who makes the platform system, parachutes manufactured by Ordnance Factory.

The P7 Heavy Drop System is capable of para dropping military stores up to 7-ton weight class from IL 76 aircraft. This will help our special forces to operate in a hostile environment and difficult terrain more effectively.

This heavy drop system will also be useful for our infantry forces to receive emergency supplies during field operations.

P-7 Heavy Drop Parachute system

Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment (ADRDE) is a pioneer in the field of Aerial Delivery Systems, has designed and developed the Heavy Drop P-7 Parachute system to airdrop 9.5 Ton (Max all Up mass) class payload using IL 76 Aircraft.

The P-7 heavy drop system comprises of Parachute system and Platform system. The parachute system is a three stage system and is designed to airdrop a payload ranging from 5 ton to 9.5 ton.

In the first stage, Extractor Parachute pulls out the payload from aircraft and then initiates twin canopy of the auxiliary parachute system.

Auxiliary Parachutes pull and assist in the deployment of the Main Parachute and brake parachute system. The main parachute system is a cluster of five canopies. After deployment, the Main Parachute brings the payload to steady-state and safe Rate of Descent.