Precision Aerial Delivery Systems (PADS)
Abstract
Budget line 0208006F funds JPADS. JPADS is the primary mission planning system for all precision guided ballistic Airdrop missions when the mission profile mission profile or surface-to-air threat assessment warrants a standoff precision delivery. JPADS, comprised of Airdrop hardware and the CAT, enables high-altitude delivery for resupply, kinetic, and non-kinetic effects. Precision airdrop critical to support when a long logistics tail is impractical. CAT and other airdrop mission planning applications are key JPADS-Mission Planning (MP) software deliverables to enable an airdrop solution. JPADS enables precision drops that increase survivability, lethality, and accuracy by improving aircraft, payload, and chute specific calculations. Future initiatives will automate and enhance airdrop planning, mitigate task saturation, enable dynamic and mobile airdrop solutions, and support delivery of palletized effects. Efforts also include utilization of real-time mission planning data, improvements for aircraft and aircrew survivability and lethality, and acquisition of payload and delivery hardware systems (eg. drones, gliders, modern parachute technologies) for prototyping, testing, evaluation, and demonstrations. FY25 funding supports USAF and Joint Services mission planners and will include but are not limited to: 1) supporting high- altitude, precise, airdrop delivery of cargo and resources to ground forces while mitigating surface-to-air threats; 2) developing single-pass Airdrop capability to enhance survivability; and 3) development of two-stage payload delivery; 4) prototyping, testing, evaluation, and demonstration of palletized effects; 5) enabling command and control of aerial delivery systems and palletized effects; and 6) supporting aerial logistics delivery in contested areas of responsibility (AORs).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2025
- Source ID
- 675302_0208006F_7_3600_PB_2025
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