DRDO's 16,000-Foot AHAP Jump Tests the High-Altitude Insertion Layer India Rarely Talks About

DRDO has completed the maiden live jump of its indigenous Advanced High-Altitude Parachute at Nyoma, Ladakh: released at 16,000 feet, deployed at 15,500 feet, landed at 13,700 feet. It is a validation milestone for a static-line system, not an induction order.