US Navy’s Hardsuit 2000 Sets Record of 2,000 Feet
Daniel P. Jackson, Chief Navy Diver (DSW/SS) of the Navy Reserve Deep Submergence Unit (DSU) experienced the dive of his life as he was randomly selected to certify the new Atmospheric Diving Suit (ADS) for use by the Navy.
Submerging up to 2,000 feet, Jackson sets the record, and is greatly honored and privileged to be the first diver to go down to that depth.
The ADS, also known as the Hardsuit 2000 which is the central reason for this record-setting dive, was finally put up for certification after a decade and a year of planning, designing, and testing by multiple agencies.
Vancouver, British Columbia-based Oceanworks International developed the Hardsuit. It was designed to withstand underwater pressure at 2,000 feet, a long way deeper from the 1,200 feet that current models can access.
Jackson was happy to announce that the suit worked incredibly. “It did everything it was intended to do. I always heard that around 1,300 feet, the joints of the Hardsuit 2000 would work even better, and it worked exactly the way they said it would.”
The Navy designed and acquired the ADS suit principally to support submarine rescue. “The diver in the suit will see what the damage to the sub is and find out where the survivors might be,” says Cmdr. Keith W. Lehnhardt, the officer in charge of the project.
Now that Jackson and the ADS is back on dry land, and with the great news that the Hardsuit has met the Navy’s high safety requirements, there is no doubt that this would be one of the Navy’s new highs.
Via Navy Newsstand
Daniel P. Jackson, Chief Navy Diver (DSW/SS) of the Navy Reserve Deep Submergence Unit (DSU) experienced the dive of his life as he was randomly selected to certify the new Atmospheric Diving Suit (ADS) for use by the Navy.
Submerging up to 2,000 feet, Jackson sets the record, and is greatly honored and privileged to be the first diver to go down to that depth.
The ADS, also known as the Hardsuit 2000 which is the central reason for this record-setting dive, was finally put up for certification after a decade and a year of planning, designing, and testing by multiple agencies.
Vancouver, British Columbia-based Oceanworks International developed the Hardsuit. It was designed to withstand underwater pressure at 2,000 feet, a long way deeper from the 1,200 feet that current models can access.
Jackson was happy to announce that the suit worked incredibly. “It did everything it was intended to do. I always heard that around 1,300 feet, the joints of the Hardsuit 2000 would work even better, and it worked exactly the way they said it would.”
The Navy designed and acquired the ADS suit principally to support submarine rescue. “The diver in the suit will see what the damage to the sub is and find out where the survivors might be,” says Cmdr. Keith W. Lehnhardt, the officer in charge of the project.
Now that Jackson and the ADS is back on dry land, and with the great news that the Hardsuit has met the Navy’s high safety requirements, there is no doubt that this would be one of the Navy’s new highs.
Via Navy Newsstand
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