SAHAYAK AIR-DROPPABLE CONTAINERS TESTED BY THE INDIAN NAVY

the Indian navy successfully tested locally developed Sahayak air-droppable containers off the coast of goa in the Arabian Sea. the Sahayak containers are support containers designed to enhance operational logistics capability by facilitating the supply of spares and stores to ships that are deployed more than 2,000 km from the coast. the naval Science and technological Laboratory and the Aeronautical Development establishment developed these cylindrical containers. A test payload of 50 kg, dropped in the container, descended to the sea with the help of a parachute.