The Authority Holding Sealed Particulars (AHSP) of P-7 Parachute System has been handed over to the Directorate General of Quality Assurance (DGQA) by the Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment (ADRDE), Agra, a DRDO laboratory. Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman DRDO Dr Samir V Kamat handed over the AHSP in a ceremony held at DRDO Bhawan in New Delhi on November 11, 2024.
ADRDE has successfully designed, developed and qualified the P-7 Parachute System. Gliders India Limited (Ordnance Parachute Factory), GIL (OPF), Kanpur has fabricated the parachute system, which is capable of safely dropping payloads of up to 9.5 ton from IL -76 Aircraft at an altitude of up to four kms.
Indian Army can rapidly deploy their Light Field Gun & Jeep at the border and conflict areas by air dropping with this system. Army has placed an indent on GIL (OPF), Kanpur for supply of 146 P-7 Heavy Drop Parachute System. The system has successfully completed General Staff Evaluation and been inducted into the services.
