Gryphon Stealth Wingsuits could replace parachutes
So what are we looking at here, a still shot from the next Transformers movie? No, believe it or not, that is a human, one wrapped up in a wing-like contraption.
This is a little pet project of the Special Parachute and Logistics Consortium called the Gryphon Next Generation Parachute System. The idea is instead of soldiers bail out of planes with parachute things on, they put something on that helps them take full advantage of the sky.
In other words, it isn’t a parachute with a big silk canopy that is slowly falling to the earth like giant slow-moving target. No, this Gryphon Next Generation Parachute System would allow a parachuting soldier to get far away (about 30 miles) and would be invisible to radar.
Yes, I’m sure I’m not the only ones who are thinking this, but I would like to think that something like this would help jet-pack technology.
Of course, they would need some sort of jet propulsion. Hopefully it would not end up like the first intercontinental Jetpack flight. Dang, what I wouldn’t give to try out something like that. Of course, this doesn’t look very safe. I suppose there will be a lot of soldiers who will need special training for these babies.
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GNGS – przyszłość spadochronów? | Gadżetomania.pl Says: December 6, 2009 at 9:01 am
[...] nas, że koncern Special Parachute and Logistics Consortium pracuje nad innowacyjnym systemem. Gryphon Next Generation Parachute System (GNGS), bo taką nazwę projekt otrzymał ma w przyszłości całkowicie zastąpić [...]
Steven Says: October 25, 2010 at 2:19 am
I can’t imagine we’ll see these anytime soon, though knowing the army and their secrecy they might be being used already. Either way it’s a cool concept, just wondering, how do they land?
The Geek Church » Blog Archive » Tech News of the Day, Friday, December 4, 2009 Says: December 4, 2009 at 5:50 pm
[...] something interesting: Gryphon Stealth Wingsuits. It’s like parachutes, but [...]