SAHAYAK-NG India's first Air dropped container.
                     SAHAYAK-NG INDIA'S FIRST 
AIR DROPPED CONTAINER
INTRODUCTION
• The SAHAYAK-NG, an air droppable 
container was tested successfully by the 
Defence Ministry. 
• It is the first indigenously developed air 
droppable container.
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ABOUT “SAHAYAK-NG”
• SAHAYAK-NG is an advanced version of 
SAHAYAK Mk I.
• The trial was conducted by the Indian Navy 
to enhance its operational logistics 
capabilities and provide critical engineering 
stores to ships that are deployed more than 
2000 kilometres from the coast.
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WHAT ARE THE MAIN FEATURES OF 
SAHAYAK-NG?
• The SAHAYAK-NG can carry payload up to 50 
kg.
• It can be dropped from heavy aircraft.
• It is GPS enabled.
• It is an advanced version of SHAYAK Mk I.
• The containers are completely water tight.
• They are designed to withstand water entry 
shocks.
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WHO DESIGNED SAHAYAK-NG?
• The SHAYAK-NG was designed by Defence 
Research Development Organization 
(DRDO) and Avantel, a private company. 
• The other entities involved in the 
development of SAHAYAK-NG are NTSL, 
Visakhapatnam and ARDE, Agra.
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WHO CONDUCTED THE TEST TRIALS OF 
SAHAYAK-NG?
• The test trials of SAHAYAK-NG were 
conducted by the Indian Navy and DRDO.
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HOW WILL SAHAYAK-NG BENEFIT INDIAN 
NAVY?
• The SAHAYAK-NG will help to provide critical 
engineering stores to ships that are 
deployed more than two thousand kilo 
metres from the coast.
• It reduces the requirement of ships to come 
close to the coast to collect spares and 
stores.
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WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF AIR 
DROP?
• The three major types of air drop are low-
velocity airdrop, high-velocity air drop and 
free fall air drop.
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WHAT IS LOW-VELOCITY AIRDROP?
• In a low-velocity airdrop, the parachutes are 
designed to slow down the air droppable 
container as much as possible before it hits 
the ground.
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WHAT IS HIGH-VELOCITY AIR DROP?
• This type is meant to stabilize the fall. The 
parachute will slow the air droppable 
container but not the extent of low-velocity 
airdrop. The method is used in delivering 
military ready to eat meals. 
• LAPES is a high velocity airdrop system. 
LAPES is Low Altitude Parachute Extraction 
System. It is currently the most advanced 
air drop system. 
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WHAT IS FREE FALL AIRDROP?
• The airdrop where no parachute is used and 
the load is allowed to fall under gravity is 
called free fall airdrop.
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