Joint Air Delivery Test and Evaluation Unit
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The Joint Air Delivery Test and Evaluation Unit (JADTEU) is located at RAF Brize Norton
and comprises 124 [Royal Navy, Army, Royal Air Force and Civil Service] personnel commanded by a Lieutenant Colonel.
Its mission "To enable the delivery by air of manpower, machines and materiel through development, trials and training, in order to enhance Defence Capability.”
Its chain of command
is through the development division of the RAF Air Warfare
Centre which comes under Chief of Staff
Operations (COS(Ops)) HQ Air Command. The unit is parented for administration purposes by RAF Brize Norton.
The unit, consisting of six lead sections and support staff, undertakes a wide variety of tasks as follows:
Airportability Section: Conduct operational test and evaluation loading trials in order to produce amendments to associated Aircraft Publications
Aerial Delivery Section: The Aerial Delivery Section at JADTEU is responsible for trialling equipment for aerial delivery suitability, and trial and develop new aerial delivery systems Airborne Trials Section: The delivery of personnel by parachute, both overtly and covertly, to land or sea
Helicopter Section: JADTEU Helicopter Section is responsible for the assessment and trial of all equipment that is to be underslung from UK military
helicopters
Engineering Section: Engineering Section provides specialist engineering support
and airworthiness advice to all departments and customers at JADTEU
Training Section: The training of Helicopter Handling, Fast-Roping
and Abseiling Instructors and Unit Emplanement Officers for all 3 services, MOD agencies and foreign governments
JADTEU’s primary output is the management of the status of twenty two Air Transport
Aircraft Publications which detail the procedures to be followed and the equipment needed to safely and effectively deliver personnel and materiel. This it does through the conduct of operational trials and evaluation on behalf of sponsors. In addition it provides advice / recommendations to MOD sponsors, agencies, civilian industry and foreign governments on all air transport matters.
RAF Brize Norton
RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, about west north-west of London, is the largest station of the Royal Air Force. It is close to the settlements of Brize Norton, Carterton and Witney....
and comprises 124 [Royal Navy, Army, Royal Air Force and Civil Service] personnel commanded by a Lieutenant Colonel.
Its mission "To enable the delivery by air of manpower, machines and materiel through development, trials and training, in order to enhance Defence Capability.”
Its chain of command
Chain of Command
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is through the development division of the RAF Air Warfare
Aerial warfare
Aerial warfare is the use of military aircraft and other flying machines in warfare, including military airlift of cargo to further the national interests as was demonstrated in the Berlin Airlift...
Centre which comes under Chief of Staff
Chief of Staff
The title, chief of staff, identifies the leader of a complex organization, institution, or body of persons and it also may identify a Principal Staff Officer , who is the coordinator of the supporting staff or a primary aide to an important individual, such as a president.In general, a chief of...
Operations (COS(Ops)) HQ Air Command. The unit is parented for administration purposes by RAF Brize Norton.
The unit, consisting of six lead sections and support staff, undertakes a wide variety of tasks as follows:
Airportability Section: Conduct operational test and evaluation loading trials in order to produce amendments to associated Aircraft Publications
Aerial Delivery Section: The Aerial Delivery Section at JADTEU is responsible for trialling equipment for aerial delivery suitability, and trial and develop new aerial delivery systems Airborne Trials Section: The delivery of personnel by parachute, both overtly and covertly, to land or sea
Helicopter Section: JADTEU Helicopter Section is responsible for the assessment and trial of all equipment that is to be underslung from UK military
British Armed Forces
The British Armed Forces are the armed forces of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.Also known as Her Majesty's Armed Forces and sometimes legally the Armed Forces of the Crown, the British Armed Forces encompasses three professional uniformed services, the Royal Navy, the...
helicopters
Engineering Section: Engineering Section provides specialist engineering support
Engineering support
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and airworthiness advice to all departments and customers at JADTEU
Training Section: The training of Helicopter Handling, Fast-Roping
Fast-roping
Fast-roping, sometimes known as Fast Rope Insertion Extraction System , is a technique for descending a thick rope. It is useful for deploying troops from a helicopter in places where the helicopter itself cannot touch down. First developed by the British with UK rope manufacturer Marlow Ropes,...
and Abseiling Instructors and Unit Emplanement Officers for all 3 services, MOD agencies and foreign governments
JADTEU’s primary output is the management of the status of twenty two Air Transport
Aviation
Aviation is the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially heavier-than-air aircraft. Aviation is derived from avis, the Latin word for bird.-History:...
Aircraft Publications which detail the procedures to be followed and the equipment needed to safely and effectively deliver personnel and materiel. This it does through the conduct of operational trials and evaluation on behalf of sponsors. In addition it provides advice / recommendations to MOD sponsors, agencies, civilian industry and foreign governments on all air transport matters.