German Navy chooses Survitec for Submarine Escape Suits

Survitec Group Limited (Survitec), global product and servicing supplier for the marine, defence and aerospace survival technology industries, is pleased to announce that it has been selected by the German Navy to provide cold water immersion protection. The contract has been awarded after extensive pre-test qualification by BWB (Bundesamt für Wehrtechnik und Beschaffung), the procurement agency for the German Navy.

Submarine Escape Suits

Markus Bolay, Sales Director, Survitec, commented: “We are very pleased to have been chosen by the German Navy to supply these high quality escape and immersion suits. We have always been committed to designing and manufacturing innovative and industry leading products and are happy that this commitment is now being rewarded”.

Simon Withey CEO added “Survitec Group is a global business which is built on great local talent, expertise and innovation. Our German facility has been operating in Eschershausen for over 60 years producing some of the most ground breaking products in the survival market and in these economically tough times we are proud to be supporting our Group businesses not only in Germany but across the world. We have grown steadily in the last few years and will continue to showcase the great ability of our people and products in the future.

The suit chosen was the SPES Solandri, an advanced design on the previous model SPES MK3. The Solandri is a double layer, water proof immersion suit consisting of three main components, an ascent hood, an inflatable lifejacket and an inflatable suit fitted with polyurethane wrist seals, reinforced soles, foot and ankle straps, a leg pocket and neoprene gloves. The Solandri forms part of a larger range of submarine escape and immersion equipment manufactured since 1952 by the Survitec Group, including the SEIE Mk11 which has also had recent success, winning contracts with the Royal Canadian, Italian and US Navies. Designed to provide protection for submariners from a stricken submarine, Survitec’s SEIE product portfolio includes single skinned suits with integrated life rafts, escape jerkins, inflatable abandonment suits, external submarine life raft systems and freeboard extenders.

Survitec currently has in excess of 30,000 units of submarine escape equipment in use in the market place, and supplies to 30 of the world’s navies