Military Parachutes
 

Aerostar has set new technological standards in the parachute manufacturing industry. Our ISO 9001:2000 Certification assures our parachutes are manufactured with the highest possible Quality Standards. Our Quality System assures you every step of the manufacturing process has our parachutes delivered on time and to spec.

Our parent company, Raven Industries, has manufactured parachutes from their beginning in 1956 through 2004. That tradition continues at Aerostar after assuming management of what is now known as the Aerospace Group.

Many different styles and types of military parachutes have been designed and manufactured by Raven Industries and Aerostar International in our 50 years of manufacturing. The parachute shown at the right is an ordnance chute which fulfilled two functions: deceleration and arming.

Some of our very earliest parachutes were conceived, designed, copyrighted and manufactured by Raven Industries. The parachute shown to the left is the R-PLUS® parachute, constructed entirely of plastic, was designed specifically for one-shot cargo delivery. The manufacturing and raw material costs were very inexpensive so a single use was feasible.  In the image the parachute is carrying a 500 pound payload.

The Raven PLUS® parachute, is a proprietary design and was deployed successfully at an altitude of 205,000 feet after ejection from an ARCAS meteorological rocket.  The metalized surface provided a radar target for radar tracking purposes.

Image Courtesy of NASA

Black Brandt sounding rockets are used for Near Space projects requiring a higher altitude than a high altitude research balloon can achieve.

Raven Industries designed and manufactured the very first Black Brant Sounding Rocket Parachutes in the 1950's and Aerostar International continues to manufacture them today.  These parachutes safely guide the  sampling equipment through the upper atmosphere, allowing the scientists  to gather and retrieve vital information otherwise unavailable.

Raven R-Plus designs were also manufactured for over 20 years for use in landing decelerator parachutes for the Lear Jet parachute program which ran from 1968 to 1995. In 1982, Goodyear Aerospace sub- contracted with Raven to produce the BALLUTE munitions decelerator.  Deploying at speeds above the speed of sound, the BALLUTE experienced tremendous opening forces.

The BALLUTE was an extremely difficult and demanding parachute program. The BALLUTE manufacturing line ran for nearly a decade with impressive quality

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What types of parachutes can we manufacture?  Any type of military parachute in the marketplace! Aerostar is positioned to support the military cargo and personnel parachute markets as new designs enter service to support an ever increasing demand for performance and reliability.

Aerostar is a premier manufacturer of Cargo, Flare and Deceleration Parachute systems. We have three manufacturing facilities in South Dakota and our 24,000 sq ft Huron manufacturing facility can be dedicated to your parachute manufacturing needs.

We also manufacture payload recovery parachutes at our Sulphur Springs, Texas Aerospace Manufacturing Plant.    Do you have a different type of parachute not mentioned above which you would like us to quote for you?  Please send us your request!

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