DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH ALTITUDE LOW OPENING HUMANITARIAN AIRDROP SYSTEM

Abstract

This work was performed by the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC) in partnership with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) and the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command during the period of October 2010 to July 2015. The goal of the program was two-fold: provide a rapid humanitarian aid response capability for the first days after a disaster and aerially deliver food and water directly onto a population. This report documents work performed by the Airdrop Technology Team of the Aerial Delivery Directorate at the U.S. Army NSRDEC. The work involved research in the injury thresholds of freefalling aid items, the design of a delivery system (airdrop and helicopter sling load), an analytical model to characterize deployed aid item dispersion and a strategic logistic planning and cost assessment tool for humanitarian operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 12, 2017
Accession Number
AD1037191

Entities

People

  • Marc N. Tardiff

Organizations

  • United States Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Delivery
  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Bone Fractures
  • Engineering
  • Facial Bones
  • Flight Speeds
  • High Altitude
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Research
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Skull
  • United States
  • United States Transportation Command

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Materials Science