Ballistic Recovery System. It is a parachute afixed to the airframe which can be deployed by the pilot. It is named that because the parachute is pulled out of

Ballistic Recovery System. It is a parachute afixed to the airframe which can be deployed by the pilot. It is named that because the parachute is pulled out of its housing by a small solid-fueled rocket. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistic_Recovery_Systems https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistic_Recovery_Systems