Submarine rescue system

Why is it in news?
  • The In­dian Navy joined a select group of naval forces in the world when it in­ducted its first non-teth­ered Deep Sub­mer­gence Res­cue Vehi­cle (DSRV) sys­tem.
  • The DSRV is used to res­cue crew mem­bers from sub­marines stranded un­der wa­ter in the high seas.
Deep Sub­mer­gence Res­cue Vehi­cle (DSRV) sys­tem
  • The DSRV can be oper­ated at a depth of 650 me­tres and can res­cue 14 peo­ple at a time.
  • The state-of-the-art sys­tem is also equipped with a de­com­pres­sion cham­ber that can ac­com­mo­date sub­mariners and a re­motely oper­ated ve­hi­cle (ROV).
  • It can be used to beam im­ages and pro­vide im­me­di­ate as­sis­tance.
  • The West­ern Naval Com­mand had re­cently suc­cess­fully held tri­als with ac­tual sim­u­la­tions with dif­fer­ent classes of sub­marines.
  • Res­cue across the globe- The DSRV can also be trans­ported by air, en­abling it to con­duct res­cue op­er­a­tions across the globe.
  • In­dian Navy had signed a ₹2,000 crore con­tract with the U.K. based James Fisher De­fence (JFD) for two sub­ma­rine res­cue sys­tems as well as main­te­nance for 25 years.
Source
The Hindu




Posted by Jawwad Kazi on 13th Dec 2018
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