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The Indian Navy (IN) has shortlisted the UK's James Fisher Defence (JFD) to supply it with two 30-ton deep submergence rescue vehicles (DSRVs) for about INR4 billion (USD66.66 million).
IN officials told IHS Jane's on 9 September that a DSRV offered by JFD was recently selected over a Russian vessel after emerging as L1, or the lowest bidder, after user evaluation and trials. They said the Ministry of Defence would sign a contract over the next 6-8 months following price negotiations with JFD.
The IN operates only one diving support vessel - INS Nireekshak - that also doubles as a submarine rescue vessel and has been seeking two DSRVs for nearly 17 years.
As an interim measure, in 1997 the IN signed a USD734,443 contract with the US Navy for its "global submarine rescue fly-away kit" service.
Acquiring DSRV capability gained impetus after INS Sinshurakshak , a Russian 'Kilo'-class submarine, exploded in the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai in August 2014, killing all 18 IN personnel on board.
JFD has previously sold DSRVs of a similar class to the Indian requirement to Singapore and South Korea. In December 2008 the Republic of Korea Navy's DSRV II - based on JFD's deep search-and-rescue (DSAR) 500-class submersible - achieved a depth of 507 m during sea acceptance tests, the deepest recorded dive in the navy's history.
Le DSAR-6 ici présenté est opérationnel pour la Marine singapourienne. Le service contractuel de sauvetage de sous-marins fourni à la Marine singapourienne est délivré par l’entreprise First Response Marine (FRM), une joint-venture à 50/50, entre ST Marine et la société britannique James Fischer Defense (JFD). A travers FRM, ST Marine et JFD sont contractualisés pour mettre en œuvre et maintenir un système de soutien aux sous-marins totalement intégré, un navire d’assistance et son SRV intégré, sur une base de 20 ans, pour un montant de SGD400 millions (soit $309,1 millions) selon un partenariat public-privé élaboré en 03/2007.