A new 'Iron Man' diving suit is currently in the works by the US Navy to enable divers to work for longer, at greater depths, and in fewer numbers.
This is especially true for divers at greater depths, as they must be mindful of decompression sickness or the "bends." For this reason, divers are currently restricted to the time they can spend at depth, often as little as 20 to 25 minutes. This is because they must travel to the work location using a saturation system that has to be pressurized to match the outside water pressure.
With greater depths, the internal pressure of the bell must also increase, which is risky. Then once the work is finished, the entire process must be repeated on the ascent, with the bell stopping at regular intervals to enable the divers bodies to acclimatize. On the surface, the divers must also spend around an hour and a half in a decompression chamber. This is where DSEND could prove revolutionary.
It has been in development for over five years and effectively eliminates the need for the diving bell and the decompression chamber for Naval divers. For this reason, it will drastically increase the time divers can safely work at depth.“With the suit, we can drop the guy down to the bottom, and he can work for up to six hours and then come right back up,” McMurtrie explains. “He gets out of the suit. [The] next guy jumps in. Boom. He’s back down for another six hours," he added.
The suit is currently undergoing extensive testing, but it is hoped that it could be adopted by the Navy sometime after 2027.
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