parachute

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It also acquired parachute maker Pioneer Aerospace in 2023 and specialty RF filter firm Akoustis in 2025 after each of those companies filed for bankruptcy.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

“We must parachute into Europe,” she wrote before setting out, “like a mother breaking into a burning house to rescue her children.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Astronauts can’t parachute to the surface, or climb down a rope ladder, or just beam themselves down from the Transporter Room.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

The video, posted to an account bearing Propeck’s name, pans to the man’s face as he deploys a parachute, it states.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

They pulled at his harness and his parachute.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau