Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc., doing business as BRS Aerospace, is a manufacturer of aircraft ballistic parachutes. The company was formed in 1980 by Boris Popov of Saint Paul, Minnesota, after he survived a 400-foot fall in a partially collapsed hang glider in 1975. As a result, Popov invented a parachute system that could lower an entire light aircraft to the ground in the event of loss of control, failure of the aircraft structure, or other in-flight emergencies. Popov was granted a U.S. patent on 26 August 1986 for the so-called Ballistic Recovery System - patent US 4607814 A. The company has two divisions: BRS Aviation and BRS Defense. Wikipedia