Attachment 1 - Salient Characteristics REV1.pdf

Salient Characteristics

For

Non-Tactical Ram Air Parachute System (NTRAPS) Electronic Automatic Activation Device

(EAAD)

Fairchild AFB, WA

1. BACKGROUND:

Electronic automatic activation devices (EAAD) are required when utilizing free fall parachute systems.

These assets work by sensing the ambient altitude during free fall to activate the reserve parachute automatically if the parachutist is either unconscious or fails to pull their main parachute by the minimum safe altitude. Without these assets, free fall parachuting operations will be grounded for the 336 Training

Support Squadron.

According to manufacture manuals for non-tactical ram air parachute systems (NTRAPS) as well as

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations, EAADs are required in all free fall parachute systems. The Air Force Personnel Parachute Program (PPP) Approve For Use List (AUL) outlines authorized EAADs for use in these systems.

2. OBJECTIVES:

The objective is to obtain a suitable stock of EAADs to replenish expiring units to prevent grounding free fall jump operations. These assets have a service life and manufacture maintenance interval that varies depending on the manufacture of the unit. For assets that require manufacture maintenance, the parachute system must be grounded while the asset is sent back to the manufacture.

Instructors utilize NTRAPS to maneuver easier in the air to observe and film free fall students and jumpers undergoing upgrade training. They are authorized to pull their main parachutes at a lower altitude to be able to film the student’s parachute opening. Without these EAAD assets, free fall operations utilizing NTRAPS will not be able to occur.

3. REQUIREMENTS:

The contractor shall provide 10 new Electronic Automatic Activation Devices in accordance with AFI 10-

3503, Air Force Personnel Parachute Program (PPP) Approve For Use List (AUL) and the Sun Path

Products Inc. Harness and Container System (JA-101) Owner’s Manual (https://sunpath.com/manuals/).

4. SPECIFIC SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

To meet mission requirements and ensure the safety of instructors and students, the provided EAADs must meet the following mandatory characteristics:

• System Compatibility: The devices must be explicitly authorized for use in the Javelin Odyssey non-tactical ram air parachute system (NTRAPS), as outlined in the Sun Path Products Inc.

Harness and Container System (JA-101) Owner’s Manual.

• AUL Approval: The devices must be listed on the current Air Force Personnel Parachute Program

(PPP) Approve For Use List (AUL).

• Emergency Opening Altitude Limits: The devices must support an emergency opening altitude that accommodates instructors opening their main parachutes lower than students (e.g., “1000” or

“Expert” configurations). Devices designed exclusively for larger parachute systems (such as

"1500" or "2500" tandem units) are unacceptable, as the faster rate of speed from smaller canopies used in NTRAPS will inadvertently activate the reserve parachute if the incorrect AAD is installed.

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• Maintenance & Training Compatibility: The devices must be models that the 336 TRSS Aircrew

Flight Equipment (AFE) technicians and military parachutists are currently trained and certified to maintain and operate via the US Army free-fall school (specifically Cypres and Vigil systems), allowing proper maintenance actions and ensuring consistency with their current system of use.

5. AUOTMATIC ACTIVATION DEVICES AUTHORIZED FOR USE:

Based on the combined justifications and requirements above, only the following EAADs are authorized for this requirement:

NSN/PART NUMBER ITEM

1670-01-603-1021(1-Pin)

P/N: AAD2C1M1035L (1-Pin w/ LTM)

Military Cypress 2 1000/35A

1670-01-588-0280 (1-Pin)

P/N: AAD2C1X-L (1-Pin w/LTM)

CYPRES 2 EXPERT

1377-13-119-7112 VIGIL 2

1377-13-122-3955 VIGIL CUATRO

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