No-parachute wingsuit landings may be the future of airborne special operations insertions

In a post over at Defense Tech, “Wing Suits Could Change the Face of Spec Ops”, there is talk of using wingsuit flight and landing WITHOUT parachutes for the purpose of airborne special operations insertions. This would be an update to the HALO concept currently in use that typically involves high-altitude free-fall with low-altitude opening.

If these sport skydivers are seriously working on landing a wingsuit, I am sure the DARPA boys are too. The tactical advantages of landing a man on the ground without a big parachute target to detect or aim at would be enormous from the point of view of the SEALs, Delta, the CIA and probably even Blackwater.

I would hazard a guess that it could indeed be a standard operating procedure for spec-ops in the next few years, if it isn’t already.

Crazy stuff! Watch…

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