Fort Bragg paratroopers and residents of South Carolina gathered in Camden, South Carolina on Thursday, March 29 to commemorate an event proving the 82nd Airborne was a viable concept in battle.

FORT BELVOIR (Army News Service, March 23, 2007) - The Program Executive Office Soldier is testing a new parachute system that the Army plans to use to replace the system in use since the 1950s. The ...

The Army is testing a new reserve parachute in its quest to minimize malfunctions. The new reserve parachute has a ripcord handle that is a single pin pull and an updated handle that protects from ...

The U.S. Army and other services will soon begin fielding the first new type of parachute in decades, the service said. The product is known as the Military Free Fall Advanced Ram-Air Parachute System ...

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Mills Manufacturing Corp. and Airborne Systems (ASNA) have won spots on a potential 10-year, $249M contract to deliver personnel parachute systems to the U.S. Army. Army Contracting Command received ...

If any soldier needs body armor, its a paratrooper making a parachute drop. Unfortunately, standard body armor is too inflexible for paratroopers to use without the risk of being injured upon landing.

Bengaluru: While aerobatic displays captivated audiences, the spectacular paragliding demonstrations highlighted an often-overlooked marvel of engineering — combat parachute system. Manufactured by ...