An Indian Army officer from the Parachute Regiment’s Special Forces (Para SF) has developed the country’s first indigenously designed combat free-fall parachute system. Defence analysts have termed it as a milestone that could significantly reduce the military’s reliance on foreign suppliers for a category of equipment long considered beyond domestic capability.
Lieutenant Colonel Anuj Chandra Shrivastava, who has prior experience at the Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment (ADRDE) under the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), has developed what he calls the “military combat parachute system” (MCPS), also referred to by the name “Hans”.
The system has undergone more than 200 live trials and obtained the necessary certifications for operational use.Defense technology updates Combat free-fall parachuting – where special forces personnel are deployed from high altitudes, often in oxygen-deficient conditions, into hostile territory – has traditionally required highly specialized, expensive imported equipment.
India, like many countries, has historically depended on foreign original equipment manufacturers for such systems, including for relatively minor modifications.
The MCPS is designed to break that dependence by integrating into a single indigenous platform the multiple components a special forces soldier requires for a high-altitude covert insertion.
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