Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Inc (KBLB)

[SUNYN75]

Interesting the cuts to military budget's.

They keep referring to making "Parachutes" from silk or artificial "GOO". all the while the need for more parachutes becomes less and less.

I served as a Forward Observer/ Recon Sergeant/LRRP from 1971 to 1975 in the 82nd Airborne Division. So I am qualified.

Making parachutes is not a "Windfall" by any stretch of imagination. They keep packing the same chutes over and over. No real planned obsolescence.

You have only limited numbers left on active Jump Status. High performance aircraft (Fixed wing) have chutes combined in their ejection seats. Cargo aircraft such as C-130 C-117 C-5A keep a few in the back for Load master and assistants. The Air Force has limited slots for Para Rescue and CCT's (Combat Control Teams). U.S. Navy Seals, U.S. Marine Forced Recon. So if you managed to replace all of the parachutes, it will occur over a long time, only to be replaced once they become un-serviceable. The volume just isn't there.

The military is capping parachute positions at 49,000 as part of the 2012 Defense Strategic Guidance, a plan detailing the development of military forces through 2020. The plan calls for some units, including paratrooper units, to change their focus

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2013/12/01/army-dropping-number-of-paratrooper-units.html


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Sunny:>)))