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Indian Navy To Order 500 Sub Escape Sets | AVIATION WEEK
The Indian Navy is nearly ready to order 500 Submarine Escape Sets (SES), designed and developed by the Defense Research and Development Organizations Defense Bioengineering and Electro-medical Laboratory (DEBEL).
The Navy cleared SES in March 2008 after a series of rigorous trials.
Kolkatta-based Bengal Waterproof Ltd (BWL) will produce the sets under transfer of technology (ToT) from DRDO. Bangalore-based DEBEL has issued a proprietary certificate to BWL to manufacture the sets.
DEBEL Director Dr. V.C. Padaki told AVIATION WEEK that SES is designed to allow escape from a disabled/sunken submarine in depths up to 100 meters.
The prototype of an improvised version of SES that can be extended up to 120 meters, by adding one more helium cylinder, is under development, Padaki said. We have also set our plans to develop an SES that can be used from a depth of 200 meters.
The SES consists of a hydro suit and breathing apparatus. The hydro suit is made up of an air and watertight uniform that protects a submariner from immediate contact with the water and marine environment after escaping from a damaged submarine, as well as for surface floatation. The breathing apparatus is a closed-circuit system, allowing a submariner to breathe while surfacing from 100 meters.
SES user trails were successfully completed at INS Satavahana in Visakhapatnam, and the Navy is said to have expressed its complete satisfaction.
The SES is a crucial life-support system for submariners. So far, the Russian-made SESs were being used by us. SES acts between life and death and theres a set procedure to even use it, an Indian Navy source said. We keep doing tests in swimming pools and other naval facilities which can simulate conditions to test the effectiveness of the suit. The average shelf life of a hydro suit is 3-4 years, after which it needs to be replaced, while the breathing apparatus has a longer life.
The Indian Navy is nearly ready to order 500 Submarine Escape Sets (SES), designed and developed by the Defense Research and Development Organizations Defense Bioengineering and Electro-medical Laboratory (DEBEL).
The Navy cleared SES in March 2008 after a series of rigorous trials.
Kolkatta-based Bengal Waterproof Ltd (BWL) will produce the sets under transfer of technology (ToT) from DRDO. Bangalore-based DEBEL has issued a proprietary certificate to BWL to manufacture the sets.
DEBEL Director Dr. V.C. Padaki told AVIATION WEEK that SES is designed to allow escape from a disabled/sunken submarine in depths up to 100 meters.
The prototype of an improvised version of SES that can be extended up to 120 meters, by adding one more helium cylinder, is under development, Padaki said. We have also set our plans to develop an SES that can be used from a depth of 200 meters.
The SES consists of a hydro suit and breathing apparatus. The hydro suit is made up of an air and watertight uniform that protects a submariner from immediate contact with the water and marine environment after escaping from a damaged submarine, as well as for surface floatation. The breathing apparatus is a closed-circuit system, allowing a submariner to breathe while surfacing from 100 meters.
SES user trails were successfully completed at INS Satavahana in Visakhapatnam, and the Navy is said to have expressed its complete satisfaction.
The SES is a crucial life-support system for submariners. So far, the Russian-made SESs were being used by us. SES acts between life and death and theres a set procedure to even use it, an Indian Navy source said. We keep doing tests in swimming pools and other naval facilities which can simulate conditions to test the effectiveness of the suit. The average shelf life of a hydro suit is 3-4 years, after which it needs to be replaced, while the breathing apparatus has a longer life.
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