A military combat parachute system, indigenously developed by the DRDO, has been "successfully" tested at an altitude of 32,000 ft, opening doors for induction of indigenous parachute systems, officials said on Wednesday (October 15, 2025).

This achievement makes the military combat parachute system (MCPS), the only parachute system currently in operational use by the Indian armed forces, capable of deployment above 25,000 ft, the Defence Ministry said.

The MCPS was developed by DRDO laboratories— Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment, Agra and Defence Bioengineering and Electromedical Laboratory, Bengaluru.

It has "successfully undergone a combat freefall jump from an altitude of 32,000 ft," the Ministry said in a statement.

The jump was executed by the test jumpers o

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