Joint Precision Airdrop Systems are secured to palletized gear and staged to be loaded on to a C-130 Hercules aircraft during Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course on Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., March 30, 2017. The JPADS use GPS, a modular autonomous guidance unit, a parachute and electric motors to guide cargo to their targeted drop zones.

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