Parachutes designed for troops found to be defective, says Defence Minister

[INDIAPOSITIVE]

SOURCE: INDIA TODAY

Some parachutes designed by a DRDO laboratory were found to be defective, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar informed Parliament. The parachutes designed by Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment (ADRDE), a premier laboratory of DRDO, were meant to be used by paratroopers.

DEFECTIVE CLOTH MATERIAL

The Defence Minister said in response to a question that out of 42 parachutes tried, 14 jumps were in order but 28 parachutes were found with some tear in cloth though the jumps were safe. “It was found that cloth material supplied by one particular vendor failed, whereas, 14 parachutes clothes supplied by other vendor were success,” he said.

The minister said in his written reply that conditional bulk production clearance was given by army and suggested to go for the cloth material from the same vendor which was successful. “Subsequent lots have also been produced and there was no cloth material fault reported,” he said.The Defence Minister said ADRDE is the only laboratory in DRDO for design and development of parachute. IT had spent Rs 228.25 lakh on developing Combat Free Fall (CFF) parachutes. The laboratory has development parachutes for paratroopers. It has also developed seat ejection parachutes for fighter aircraft along with recovery parachutes for heavy drop system and ammunition and weapon parachutes.
The minister said all the categories of parachutes developed by the laboratory were being used by the armed forces but only the paratrooper parachutes reported problems.



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[punit]

wow .. DRDO at its best !

 

[Śakra]

Chalta hai

 

[Omega007]

wow .. DRDO at its best !

DRDO didn't produce the fucking fabrics you dumbfuck moron!!It's the fault of the vendors supplying the cloth materials and not the designers themselves!!Even a cursory glance through the article should have made it aptly clear to anyone, given he/she posses some basic comprehension ability, which is clearly lacking on your case.Like I always keep telling you and I'll tell again, you do not belong in a site like this, it ain't just your forte, old chap.

 

[Hellfire]

The Defence Minister said in response to a question that out of 42 parachutes tried, 14 jumps were in order but 28 parachutes were found with some tear in cloth though the jumps were safe. “It was found that cloth material supplied by one particular vendor failed, whereas, 14 parachutes clothes supplied by other vendor were success,

In testing phase. No Actual jump will be done in that..
The PTR-Ms used are fairly okay, except for our countrymen's notoriety to cut corners in QA.

Anyways, SOP of any paratrooper is not to use what has not been checked and packed by him/her personally. So, if a defective parachute is there, it is simply not used.

In any jump, if the parachutist leaves the cords unentangled, he/she is looking for trouble.