Parachutist Navigation & Situational Awareness

Precision and awareness in every descent.

SkyLink™ enhances the operational capabilities of military and civilian free-fall missions by improving environmental, geographic, and team situational awareness for individual parachutists. It’s built to increase safety during poor weather and night insertions, while also enabling critical in-flight re-tasking for both personnel and guided cargo systems.

Deploy SkyLink™ as a standalone parachutist navigation system, or integrate it with MMIST systems such as Sherpa™, DropSonde and LaunchPADS™ for a comprehensive solution suited to dynamic, high-tempo mission environments.

Why teams choose SkyLink™

• Enhanced safety in challenging conditions: Improves situational awareness during adverse weather and night operations.
• Real-time navigation data: Provides position, speed and altitude, plus ETA, distance and azimuth to the landing point.
• Wind-aware decision support: Dynamic wind calculations with wind line and navigational cone displays.
• Team coordination & deconfliction: Locate and monitor other jumpers and airborne cargo, with proximity (collision avoidance) alerts.
• Mounts to existing soldier systems: Designed to mount to existing equipment (M.O.L.L.E. compatible), with multiple mounting configurations available.

Key performance characteristics

• Waypoint navigation capability
• Compatible with map imagery, DTED and scenery files
• Embedded electronic compass plus backup floating compass
• Optional user-defined navigation modes

Seamless integration options

• LaunchPADS™ mission planning: Support pre-jump planning and post-jump analysis, including GIS data workflows and 3D visualisation support.
• Sherpa™ guided cargo delivery: Optionally enables in-flight re-tasking of landing points or remote control/override under canopy for obstacle avoidance near the landing area (when integrated).
• DropSonde wind data: Works with real-time wind data collection to help improve calculated release points for airdrop and parachutist jump planning.

System components

• Rugged end user device (EUD) running the SkyLink Navigation Module (Android application)
• Connection arm equipped with a compass for backup navigation
• Optional interpersonal data radio for enhanced communications (configuration dependent)

Built for demanding environments

Designed for challenging “fight-through” operations, SkyLink™ is intended to deliver reliable performance from ground level up to approximately 12,200 m MSL (40,000 ft MSL).

Improve free-fall safety, navigation accuracy and in-flight flexibility. Contact J3Seven to scope the right SkyLink™ configuration and integration pathway for your team.

Quick-look feature bullets

• Parachutist navigation + situational awareness in a single system
• Moving-map + waypoint navigation with DTED/scenery file support
• Dynamic real-time wind calculations for improved canopy navigation decisions
• Team and airborne cargo awareness with proximity alerts for collision avoidance
• Standalone operation or integration with Sherpa™, DropSonde and LaunchPADS™

Frequently asked questions

Can SkyLink™ be used as a standalone system?

Yes. SkyLink™ can be used as a standalone parachutist navigation system, or integrated with other MMIST equipment to deliver a broader mission system.

What information does SkyLink™ provide to the parachutist?

It provides key in-flight navigation and awareness information such as position, speed and altitude, waypoint navigation, ETA/distance/azimuth to the landing point, moving-map support, and dynamic wind calculations.

Does SkyLink™ support team safety and coordination?

Yes. SkyLink™ is designed to help users locate and monitor other jumpers and airborne cargo, with proximity alerts to support collision avoidance and safer team operations.

How does SkyLink™ integrate with Sherpa™?

When integrated, SkyLink™ can be used as a remote controller for Sherpa™, enabling in-flight re-tasking of landing points and/or manual override/steering control to support obstacle avoidance near the landing area (as required by the mission configuration).