LaunchPADS

Mission Management System

Plan, Execute, and Review Mission Planning

MMIST’s LaunchPADS™ Mission Manager provides users with an advanced mission planning environment which can be used to plan, monitor, and help execute all forms of cargo airdrop and airborne parachute operations, presenting concise release point/footprints for the specific mission at hand, all within the context of full 3D terrain geographic information.

Transform your aerial delivery operations with LaunchPADS™. Contact our team today to learn more about how our software can enhance your missions and take your precision aerial delivery to new heights.

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Mission Control at Your Fingertips

Precision Planning: Create detailed deployment plans with our advanced mapping and simulation tools, ensuring each mission is meticulously planned and executed.
Real-Time Monitoring: Stay informed with live updates, allowing you to monitor the status and progress of every mission in real-time.
Automated Re-tasking: Adapt to changing conditions with our dynamic re-tasking features, which allows operators to optimize missions and deployment based on real-time data.
User-Friendly Interface: Navigate with ease using our intuitive interface, designed for both novice and experienced operators.
Unmatched Accuracy: Reduce errors and increase parachutist and cargo precision with our state-of-the-art planning and execution tools.
Enhanced Efficiency: Save time and resources with automated features that streamline the mission planning process.
Scalability: Whether you’re managing a single deployment or a large-scale operation, LaunchPADS™ scales to meet your mission needs.
Reliability: MMIST’s suite of precision aerial delivery systems has been in service and successfully used by customers around the world for over 20 years.

End-to-End Mission Planning

Release Point Planning

Gliding (RAM air) and non-gliding (round) parachutes cargo, personnel, and mixed cargo & personnel missions
single or multiple targets using single release or multiple releases

Cargo Bay Planning

Load sequence & layout preliminary planning

Mission Management

In-flight Calculated Aerial Release Point (CARP) updates based on mission and/or wind changes
Programming, monitoring, and re-tasking of guided parachutes

Post Flight Analysis

Log file retrieval and storage (for Sherpa & SkyLink)
Mission replay and visualization

Key Performance Characteristics

LaunchPADS™ boasts the following features and performance characteristics:

Fully Integrated Cargo & Personnel Aerial Release Planning
Supports Planning for Guided and Non-Guided Parachutes
Ballistic failure footprint visualization, along with expected landing areas for individual releases or multiple release per pass
Allows Single or Multiple Landing Points Using Single or Multiple Release Points
In-Flight CARP Updates (based on changes to mission and/or environment)
Full 2D/3D GIS Map Overlay
Real-Time On-board Health Status Monitoring of “smart loads”
Ruggedized Laptop Interface
Multi-Lingual Support
Mission Simulation and Playback
Multi-Parachute Support
Fully Integrated Cargo Bay Planning Module
Post Flight Analysis

Modules to Support All Mission Types

LaunchPADS™ Mission Planning base system consists of a ruggedized laptop computer, allowing it to be used in any environment. It can be paired with a number of optional MMIST systems, which work together to provide the user with a fully integrated mission management system for a wide range of operations.

Sherpa™ Guided Parachute Mission Planning (Standard): Full feature support for the planning, uploading, and debriefing of missions for Sherpa™ HALO/HAHO Precision Aerial Delivery Systems
Personnel Parachute Mission Planning (Multi-Parachute Module): Full mission planning support for parachutist CARP (Calculated Aerial Release Points), supporting HALO/HAHO operations (specific parachute characterization is required for systems not in our inventory)
Unguided Parachute Mission Planning (Multi-Parachute Module): Full feature support for the planning, execution support, and debriefing of missions by calculating CARPs and providing Green Light Points (GLPs) for unguided systems, including LCADS, CCP-35, T10/MC1-1, G12, 28′ chutes, G13 (specific parachute characterization is required for systems not in our inventory)
Drop Sondes System (Wind Sonde Module): The Drop Sondes system provides up to the minute wind data collection for enhanced release point planning, allowing aircrew to measure local winds and use the collected data to improve CARP accuracy
GPS Redistributor (Optional): The GPS redistributor system can be used to provide GPS information to Sherpa systems and other Wi-Fi enabled devices in areas where GPS signals struggle to penetrate, such as inside an airplane. The redistributed GPS signal shortens GPS re-acquisition time for GPS guided systems, and provides greater flexibility when using LaunchPADS™ inside the aircraft cargo bay