ADRDE is a pioneer research and development organisation where various

capabilities related to design and development of parachutes, aerostat

systems, aircraft arrester barrier systems and floatation systems for both

military and civilian applications have been mastered over the years. The

technological competence built in Aeronautical, Textile, Mechanical,

Electrical and Electronics engineering has imparted ADRDE with a unique

combination of capabilities to evolve ever new solutions in these fields with

an emphasis on quality assurance.

Domain of Expertise

AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

• Aerodynamic design of Parachutes and Inflatables

• Modelling and Simulation

• Configuration and shape optimization using Wind Tunnel Testing

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

• Design and Development of Heavy Drop Platforms, Arrester Barrier System, Winch and Mooring structure for aerostat and metallic devices for Parachutes and Inflatables

• Finite Element Analysis of mechanical structures

TEXTILE ENGINEERING

• Design and Development of range of high performance textiles forparachutes and inflatables.

• Photo Voltaic array based power generating systems

• Nano Technology in Aerospace Textile Materials

ADRDE has built up strong bonds of partnership with industry, reputed institutes like IITs and CSIR labs etc. in its quest of delivering the most modern and up-to-date technological solutions. Our sincere efforts in developing engineering and system development related infrastructure has helped us in transforming ourselves from a R&D lab to a system lab offering turnkey solutions customized to user requirements in following disciplines:

Parachutes

• Personnel Parachute

• Aircrew Escape Parachute System

• Combat Free Fall Parachute System

• Spin Recovery Parachute System

• Space Payload Recovery Parachute System

• Recovery Parachute

• Armament Parachute

• Controlled Aerial Delivery System

• Cargo parachute system

• Brake parachute

Aerostat Systems

Aircraft Arrester Barrier Systems

Floatation Systems

Each and every product developed by ADRDE is backed up by conformance to stringent quality standards. The lab is well equipped with the state-of-the-art test and measurement facilities.

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PERSONNEL PARACHUTE

Personnel parachutes are designed to provide safe landing to the troops from military transport aircraft. A range of personnel parachutes to provide capability of drop from as low as 90m and as high as 9000m, from both rotary & fixed wing aircraft have been developed and productionised.

Aircrew parachutes are designed to provide safe landing to the pilot in case of emergencies. This type of parachutes have been designed & developed for almost all types of fighter aircrafts available with Indian defence forces.

AIRCREW ESCAPE SYSTEM

COMBAT FREE FALL SYSTEM

Combat Free Fall System provides total solution to paratrooper for jumping from as high as 30000 feet, gliding upto 30 km range and landing at desired target. The system consists of 9 cell Ram Air Parachutes, state-of-the-art Oxygen System, Safety devices, Jumpsuits, Helmet Mounted hands - free Communication System, Navigational Aids, Gloves, Shoes, etc. The system can be used in High Altitude High Opening(HAHO) and High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) modes.

PARACHUTES

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TORPEDO

Armament parachutes are designed for delivery and trajectory control of bombs, torpedoes etc. ensuring the safety of the aircraft delivering the same. Unicross parachutes designed for armament delivery are very stable and follow required trajectory.

PARACHUTES

SPIN RECOVERY

RECOVERY

Well proven stable, reliable parachutes are designed for recovery of unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) weighing 500 Kg.

SPACE PAYLOAD RECOVERY

The space payload recovery parachute alongwith electronic sensor and floatation system is capable of recovering space payload on the sea surface. The system is highly reliable and stable. The total mass of the parachute system is less than 15 kg and recovery payload is 500 Kg.

Spin recovery parachutes are designed to provide emergency recovery of combat aircraft from spin mode in case the aircraft controls become ineffective. Spin parachutes designed for aircraft weighing 5000 Kg and 9500 Kg having deployment speed of 150 to 260 kmph have been successfully developed.

BRAKE PARACHUTESBrake parachutes have been designed to provide adequate deceleration to bring the aircraft of different weight class to stop within specified landing speed in both normal and emergency conditions.

Well proven single canopy brake parachute is designed to stop the aircraft, having landing weight varying from 9500 Kg to 15760 Kg for normal landing speed in the range of 260 Kmph to 310 Kmph.

Very stable twin canopies brake parachutes have been designed for aircraft landing weight varying from 21000 Kg to 41000 Kg, for normal landing speed of 260 Kmph and emergency landing speed of 300 Kmph.

CARGO

Cargo parachute systems designed for dropping the heavy combat load of 0.6 T to 8.5 T class with release velocity of 260 to 400 kmph at an altitude varying from 300 m to 1500 m (AGL).

PARACHUTESControlled Aerial Delivery System (CADS) is used for precise delivery of payload to a pre-designated target location. This is achieved by using a Ram Air Parachute alongwith onboard microcontroller, GPS and electronic instrumentation. The system is capable of delivering a payload of 80 to 500 kg from a max. height of 9500 m covering a stand off distance of 2.5 times the drop altitude with a CEP of 100m (approx).

CADSCADS

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AIRCRAFT ARRESTER BARRIER SYSTEM

FLOATATION SYSTEMS

Aircraft Arrester Barrier System offers safe and reliable arresting solutions for combat aircrafts during aborted take-off and landing overruns. Aircraft Arrester Barrier for 20 and 40 ton class of aircrafts have been productionised for Indian Airforce.

Floatation systems are used for recovery of payloads from sea water as per the size, shape and geometry. Floatation systems have been designed and developed for space recovery and under water recovery payloads. Emergency floatation systems have also been developed for retrieving of 5 to 10 Ton class helicopters from sea water.

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AEROSTAT SYSTEMAerostat systems are being deployed increasingly for a wide variety of applications viz. Monitoring, Surveillance, Intelligence, Broadcasting and Communication etc. Over the year, ADRDE has developed component and sub system technologies namely Balloons, Winch & Mooring system, Gas management and Aerostat health monitoring system required to fly tethered aerostats capable of carrying of payloads of upto 300 Kg class.

AEROSTAT WITH PAYLOAD PAYLOAD AEROSTAT IN FLIGHT

NEW THRUST AREAS• Controlled Aerial Delivery System (CADS) for 3000 kg payload.

• Heavy Drop System for 16 ton payload.

• Medium & large size Aerostats with ELINT/COMINT/EO/BFSR payload.

• Development of 320 cum Airship alongwith Navigation, Command and

Control facility.

• Development of Stratospheric airship.

• Emergency floatation system for ALH helicopter.

• Inflatable hangers for aerostat and airships.

• Crash landing aircushion bags for helicopters.

• Inflatable antenna for space payload.

• Gliding Inflatable wings for Aerial Drops.

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