{"id":14803,"date":"2023-09-17T06:47:51","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T01:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=14803"},"modified":"2025-04-02T23:03:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T17:33:10","slug":"p-7-heavy-drop-parachute-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/p-7-heavy-drop-parachute-system\/","title":{"rendered":"P-7 Heavy Drop Parachute System"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About P-7 Heavy Drop Parachute System:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>military parachute system<\/strong> primarily used <strong>for the airdrop of heavy equipment<\/strong>, vehicles, and supplies from aircraft.<\/li>\n<li>It was <strong>indigenously designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation<\/strong> (DRDO).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features<\/strong>:<\/li>\n<li>Weighing approximately <strong>500 kg<\/strong>, the parachute <strong>guarantees the secure delivery of heavy cargo<\/strong>, even under challenging conditions.<\/li>\n<li>It <strong>comprises a platform and a specialised parachute system<\/strong>, promising to enhance the operational capabilities of the armed forces.<\/li>\n<li>It <strong>boasts eight main canopies, three extractor parachutes, one drogue parachute,<\/strong> and a <strong>suite of electrical, electronic, and mechanical systems<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>With a <strong>maximum load-bearing capacity of 8,500 kg<\/strong> and a <strong>permitted payload limit of 7,000 kg<\/strong>, the system <strong>operates at drop speeds ranging from 260 to 400 kph.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Landing Speed : 7 m\/sec<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Reusability : 5 times\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Its compact designallows seamless integration onto various aircraft<\/strong>, including the C-17, C-130, and other cargo aircraft of the IAF, providing versatility in deployment.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Q1<\/strong>: What is the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)?<\/h3>\n<p>It is the R&amp;D wing of the Ministry of Defence, Govt of India, with a vision to empower India with cutting-edge defence technologies and a mission to achieve self-reliance in critical defence technologies and systems. It is India&#8217;s largest research organisation. It was formed in 1958 from the amalgamation of the then already functioning Technical Development Establishment (TDEs) of the Indian Army and the Directorate of Technical Development &amp; Production (DTDP) with the Defence Science Organisation (DSO). \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.republicworld.com\/india-news\/general-news\/drdos-heavy-drop-parachute-system-gets-bulk-order-after-successful-trials-articleshow.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>DRDO\u2019s Heavy Drop Parachute System\u2019 Gets Bulk Order After Successful Trials<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>P-7 Heavy Drop Parachute System is a military parachute system primarily used for the airdrop of heavy equipment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":14804,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14803","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}