India Enhances Tejas Landing Safety Via Innovative Hybrid Brake Parachute

India’s Gliders India Ltd (GIL) has developed and inducted a lightweight
Hybrid Brake Parachute for the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) TEJAS, enhancing
landing safety during high-speed recoveries and emergencies. Weighing only
10 kg, it features a Uni-Cross main canopy (5.75 m span, 17 sq m area) with
a multi-stage deployment using pilot and auxiliary chutes for reliable
India’s Gliders India Ltd (GIL) has developed and inducted a lightweight
Hybrid Brake Parachute for the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) TEJAS, enhancing
landing safety during high-speed recoveries and emergencies. Weighing only
10 kg, it features a Uni-Cross main canopy (5.75 m span, 17 sq m area) with
a multi-stage deployment using pilot and auxiliary chutes for reliable
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