Mission ready life support systems and chamber solutions supported through life
JFD designs and manufactures innovative underwater life support systems for military diving, with a long and well-established history in rebreather development across defence and commercial markets.
Continual design evolution in response to customer requirements helps deliver high levels of safety, operational performance, and mission flexibility for special operations and mine countermeasures divers.
Alongside equipment design and manufacture, JFD provides through-life support across an extensive global network. Support can be tailored to client needs and budgets, from full asset maintenance services to working alongside client preventive maintenance systems.
Why partner with JFD?
A single partner for equipment design, manufacture, and sustainment, with proven life support expertise and global support reach.
Life support systems used by special operations and mine countermeasures divers worldwide
Mission focused design that prioritises safety, operational performance, and logistic efficiency
Through-life support tailored to client needs and budgets, delivered across an extensive global network
Proactive support approach including DRACAS, training needs analysis, and safety case and user report review
Core support areas include spares, repairs, certification, documentation, and training
Military rebreathers and diver situational awareness
A portfolio of tactical diving life support systems designed for different mission profiles, from high tempo shallow water operations to extended duration diving with tactical diving vehicles. Options include oxygen systems, oxygen and nitrox configurations, and modular upgrades.
Stealth Multi Role modular system designed for multi role configuration across special forces and mine countermeasures requirements with rapid maintenance procedures and optimised use with tactical diving vehicles and diver propulsion vehicles
- Enforcer tactical rebreather for maritime law enforcement and special operations with compact lightweight design, ExtendAir cartridges, low work of breathing, and field maintainability
- Shadow tactical diving life support system focused on mission flexibility, with upgrade options including nitrox capability and back mount configuration for equipment access and vehicle operations
- Shadow Back Mount variant developed under the Swim and Fight principle, optimised for tactical diving vehicle operations and extended duration, supporting over the beach operations, diver propulsion vehicles, and swimmer delivery vehicles
- Excursion closed circuit oxygen and semi closed circuit nitrox system enabling operations beyond oxygen exposure limits, with gas switch capability for deeper profiles and mission flexibility
- DiveTrack diver tracking system that enables a dive supervisor to locate, monitor, and retask up to eight divers using GPS and acoustic signals, providing real time safety critical situational awareness
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