This paper describes the event planning and execution, an overview of the systems demonstrated, and the results of the fourth Precision Airdrop Technology Conference and Demonstration (PATCAD) 2007 conducted on 22-25 October 2007 at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds (YPG) in Yuma, AZ. It also presents the safety and technical issues (including safety fans, airdrop trajectories and system images) regarding the planning and execution of PATCAD 2007. PATCAD 2007 was primarily facilitated by U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC) and sponsored by many other organizations in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as well as multiple foreign nation Ministries of Defense (MoD). It brought together members of the allied nations' governments and militaries, academia and industry to collaborate on and witness the state of the art of precision airdrop technologies. Over 500 visitors, support staff, and aircrews representing 17 countries attended. On the first day, DoD, NATO, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense / Advanced Systems and Concepts (DUSD/AS&C), YPG and the NSRDEC hosts presented on the current state of precision airdrop. During the next 3 days, system airdrops were performed as a demonstration of a wide range of Technology Readiness Levels (TRL), not a competition. A total of 148 cargo airdrops with 37 personnel jumps were conducted on 14 sorties between 5,000 and 17,500 ft Mean Sea Level (MSL). Payload weights ranged from 5 lbs to 25,200 lbs with offsets as far as 7 km from the intended target. Cargo airdrop systems demonstrated included autonomous guided parafoil systems, guided hybrid parafoil and round canopy systems, guided round canopy systems, and unguided round canopies used in conjunction with the Joint Precision Airdrop System- Mission Planner (JPADS-MP). Personnel systems in.


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