SLIM CHUTE

Simula Technologies also is scheduled late this spring to begin deliveries of its ``Durachute'' emergency bail-out parachute to the U.S. Navy. Planned for use in the P-3 and EP-3, the 17-lb. backpack, built by Simula subsidiary SEI, is significantly lighter and smaller than its NB-8 predecessor. It...

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