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Not Available Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) proposes to develop an innovative airborne system that will deliver soldiers to a precise position at the correct time to initiate tactical combat operations. The vehicle will be capable of delivering 300lb of soldier and equipment deployed from between 5,000 and 70,000 ft in altitude to a landing point with an accuracy of a few meters and in a narrow arrival time window. During the flight the soldier does not fly the vehicle, instead the navigation, guidance and control are performed autonomously under computer control. The proposed Single Soldier Deliver Vehicle (SSDV) is a hybrid design combining into a single small vehicle elements of lifting bodies, gliders and rotorcraft. This vehicle can be deployed horizontally at high subsonic speeds from either high or low altitude, will configure itself for long endurance cruise flight affording a significant standoff distance, and will re-configure itself for a vertical approach and landing at the destination point.