Triton Composite Airdrop Platform (TCAP)(1000-532)

Triton Systems, Inc. proposes to engineer, prototype, and test the lightweight and low-cost Triton Composite Airdrop Platform (TCAP) to support the US Army’s future Joint Precision Airdrop System (JPADS) and other military cargo and airdrop missions. The TCAP will enhance Army Future Force and Future Combat Systems (FF/FCS) mission performance by increasing net payload weight and decreasing initial and life-cycle costs. The army is procuring the recently developed Enhanced Container Delivery System (ECDS) platform to deliver 10,000 lbs loads. ECDS is the baseline platform for the 10K Precision Guided Airdrop System (PEGASYS). The Army intends to reduce the weight of the platform system for increased payload capacity and range, to improve airdrop. Application of advanced composite materials will improve the ECDS performance from a strength standpoint, to allow for high-altitude JPADS missions. In addition to reducing procurement cost, the lightweight composite ECDS platforms will be more durable and will reduce the risk of galvanic corrosion, thereby decreasing life-cycle cost. Based on rigorous Phase I technical and cost-modeling results, the TCAP will save >30% on weight and >20% on procurement price versus existing aluminum platform systems. Triton will utilize an integrated composites engineering (ICE) approach for the composite ECDS design.