Article: A Joint Precision Airdrop System (JPADS) delivers supplies to troops in Afghanistan after being dropped from a C-130 Hercules cargo plane.(Joint Precision Airdrop System)(Brief article)

Article: JPADS improves aerial drops to soldiers.(Aviation)(Joint ...
Soldiers Magazine;  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...U.S. Joint Forces Command continues to develop the Joint Precision Airdrop System with new ways of delivering supplies to ground forces while minimizing risks to Soldiers. A joint military utility assessment ...

Article: 'TODAY'S AIR FORCE' FEATURES JOINT PRECISION ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 8, 2008 ;     444 words ... ... Airlift Squadron and how their efforts are keeping our Airmen out of harm's way. Also featured is the Joint Precision Airdrop System. See how the combined efforts of the Air Force and Army are improving operations in locations such as Afghanistan ...

Article: Precision delivery: computer-controlled parachutes safely airdrop ...
Popular Mechanics;  May 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... been receiving supplies from new smart parachutes that could alter the future of military logistics. The Joint Precision Airdrop System (JPADS) steers cargo to specific GPS points in the same way that some smart bombs locate targets. Tow ...

Article: GPS-guided airdrop system tested in ...
GPS World;  December 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... on a GPS-guided military airdrop system in Afghanistan. Development ... in Afghanistan using the Joint Precision Airdrop System (JPADS) for the first time ... The military's newest airdrop system, JPADS steers itself from ...

Article: AIRDROP SYSTEM PROTECTS AIRMEN, SOLDIERS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 19, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... minimized thanks to advancements associated with the Joint Precision Airdrop System, or JPADS. JPADS is a parachute-based system ... feet. Testing of the high-altitude precision airdrop system took place at the U.S. Army Proving Ground ...

Transcript: NEW AIRDROP SYSTEM OFFERS MORE PRECISION FROM ...
Regulatory Intelligence Data;  October 25, 2006 ;     696 words ... ... ASIA, Oct. 25, 2006 - A new, self-steering airdrop system that's being field tested in Afghanistan represents ... Air Force Lt. Gen. Gary North praised the new Joint Precision Airdrop System that steers itself from high altitudes using its ...

Article: MINNEAPOLIS LEADS COMMAND IN PRECISION AIRDROP ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 6, 2007 ;     693 words ... ... by sending two aircrews to participate in Joint Precision Airdrop System training earlier this year. Reservists from ... Army Proving Ground in Yuma, Ariz. The Joint Precision Airdrop System uses the same global positioning technology ...