Non-parachute airdropping

The Company experts have developed a system for airdropping granular loads using a nonparachute palletless method (RF Patent #2093424, priority of 3 March 1994; international patent PCT/RU 03/00273 of 06.25.2003).

– Max payload on each pallet: up to 1600 kg -Airdrop altitude: from 250 m
– Aircraft indicated air speed over D/Z: 280-320 km/h
– Ground wind speed: not applicable
– Size of a pallet: 1400×1256 mm

IL-76 aircraft carries 26 pallets, payload – 36000 kg. AN-12 aircraft carries 8 pallets, payload – 13000-14000 kg, depending on operational conditions.

• CHANGE №15 Flight Manual IL-76T (TD)

The system was originally used by the Company experts in 1998 in Sudan under the UN World Food Program. More than 11000 tons of food was airdropped, with 97 percent recovery rate. The 2003-2005 non-parachute airdropping in Sudan was also performed by experts from “Advanced Technologies and Service, Ltd.”

Combined method

The system of floor-mounted airdrop equipment developed by our experts makes it possible to perform combined airdrop operations from any of the above-mentioned type of aircraft.
Depending on the nature of loads to be airdropped, some pallets are airdropped by parachutes, others by a non-parachute method. The most cost efficient method is that of balancing weight characteristics and minimizing the cost of the airdrop.

OPTION #1 (Combined air delivery)
Under this option, IL-76 is capable of airdropping 24 pallets with dry food (palletless airdropping) and 2 pallets with vegetable oil (parachute airdropping). Dry food: 34000 kg, Vegetable oil: 2400 kg, Full weight: 36400 kg.
Preflight preparations and in-flight airdropping are carried out by a team of 5 dropmasters. Possible damage to oil does not exceed 2 percent.

OPTION #2 (Combined air delivery)
Under this option, AN-12 is capable of airdropping 8 pallets with dry food (palletless airdropping) and 1 pallet with vegetable oil (parachute airdropping). Dry food: 12000 kg, Vegetable oil: 1050 kg, Full weight: 13050 kg Preflight preparations and in-flight airdropping are carried out by a team of 3 dropmasters. Possible damage to oil does not exceed 2 percent.