Parachute riggers assigned to Group Support Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) successfully executed the ...

The U.S. Army is testing a high-tech airdrop system that uses a sophisticated video navigation system to locate its target. The system could prove invaluable for airdrops in difficult terrain and ...

JPADS systems use GPS, a modular autonomous guidance unit, or MAGU, a parachute, and electric motors to guide supply deliveries within 150 meters of their impact points. The systems were born out of ...

May 22, 2014: The U.S. Army recently ordered another 110 JPADSs (Joint Precision Airdrop System), which cost $273,000 each. JPADS kits are attached to pallets of supplies to provide GPS and mechanical ...

Politicians call for American air-drop technology known as JPads to be used to supply besieged Syrian civilians, but militaries reported to be reluctant Western diplomats have conceded that there are ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Joint Precision Air Drop System, known as JPADS, uses GPS and three-dimensional terrain mapping to steer a parafoil in combat situations where ...

What does the phrase "if it fits it ships" mean to most people? For the 647th Quartermaster (Corps Aerial Delivery) Company, "if it fits it ships" describes the precision capability behind the Joint ...

No audio available for this content. The U.S. Army’s Joint Precision Airdrop System (JPADS) has developed a new capability with a navigation alternative to GPS. In recent tests, JPADS were dropped ...

What does the phrase “if it fits it ships” mean to most people? For the 647th Quartermaster Company (Corps Aerial Delivery), “if it fits it ships” describes the precision capability behind the joint ...

The armed forces of Jordan airdropped medical supplies and food to a field hospital the country operates in the war-torn Gaza Strip overnight. Jordanian personnel used what look to be U.S.-made Joint ...

Military cargo-drops to places like forward operating bases in Afghanistan need to go off perfectly. When they don’t, soliders have to expose themselves to dangerous fire to retrieve the package that ...

GPS is not foolproof -- especially on the modern battlefield, where electronic warfare systems can interfere with the satellite guidance. And when packages miss their mark, soldiers often have to ...