New Wave Media

 

Global subsea operations and engineering company JFD, part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has been awarded a £193 million contract by the Indian Navy for the provision and long term support of its submarine rescue capability. The contract includes the design, build and supply of two complete submarine rescue systems, and a 25-year all inclusive annual maintenance contract.

 

JFD said this latest deal enhances its worldwide submarine rescue service presence following last year’s announcement award of a £12.1 million contract by the U.K. Ministry of Defense for operation of the NATO Submarine Rescue System (NSRS).  With this additional contract, JFD will now deliver submarine rescue services to six of the world’s navies.

 

Under the most recent contract, JFD will provide two complete fly-away submarine rescue systems, including Deep Search and Rescue Vehicles (DSRV), Launch and Recovery Systems (LARS) equipment, Transfer Under Pressure (TUP) systems and all logistics and support equipment required to operate the service. The equipment will be designed, manufactured, integrated and tested by JFD prior to shipping to India for final commissioning and trials. 

 

The service support will be managed in country by a team of JFD engineers. Over the life of the contract, the JFD team will train local teams of engineers to maintain the systems.

 

The twin India systems draw on JFD’s experience of manufacturing and operating submarine rescue systems and will be JFD’s first third-generation rescue systems. The system designs and integrated components will ensure Time-to-First-Rescue - the time measured between deployment of the system and commencement of the rescue itself- is minimized. The systems are heavily optimized for ease of transport and speed of mobilization to a Vessel of Opportunity.