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IrvinGQ Develops a Parachute Delivery System for Autonomous Ground Vehicles
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Nov 25, 2020402

Parachute and Airborne Delivery expert IrvinGQ has adapted its ATAX platform to support the autonomous aerial deployment of unmanned ground vehicles, enabling users to deploy UGVs by parachute to remote locations, behind enemy lines without risking human lives to support those assets. This means that autonomous UGVs or other robotic vehicles remotely controlled UGVs can be operated remotely, start-up, drive off the rig, and conduct their missions minutes after landing. IrvineGQ and Milrem expect to have fully working prototypes in the Summer of 2021.
ATAX parachute delivery system utilizes a fast rigging-deriging for rapid deployment of vehicles. Image: IrvinGQ

A standard ATAX module measures 8 ft long and 108 in wide, and up to four modules can be connected to form a 32 ft platform, designed to accommodate all up masses ranging from 1,143 kg (2,520 lb) to 19,051 kg (42,000 lb) for land airdrops. Configured for airdrop with DRAGONFLY Joint Precision Aerial Delivery System (JPADS) parachute system adding guidance, range, and drop altitude that would keep the aircraft further away from the drop zone. This configuration can support a maximum mass of 10,000lb the system can carry two UGVs.

https://defense-update.com/20201125_atax.html

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