Unrivalled safety & performance
Our life support systems are engineered to offer the highest levels of diver safety and operational performance, ensuring reliability in high-pressure environments.
Providing through life support
From the divers breathing apparatus to complete complex saturation diving systems, the principles of through-life support can be applied.
We can provide full asset maintenance services or work alongside clients operating PMS systems.
Support for a variety of technical maintenance requirements is provided through our extensive global network, delivering timely and cost-effective maintenance solutions for through life support to commercial divers worldwide.
JFD provides through life support to meet your specific needs, aligned to your budget and timelines.
Why work with JFD?
Proven heritage
With a long-standing reputation across both defence and commercial diving sectors, JFD's systems are trusted by special operations and mine countermeasure divers globally.
Adaptive & evolving design
Continual refinement based on customer feedback ensures our systems deliver unmatched safety, capability, and adaptability across a wide range of mission profiles.
Mission-focused versatility
Custom-built for high-tempo, short-duration tactical dives—including maritime interdiction and law enforcement—our systems offer unmatched mission flexibility while maintaining lightweight and compact form factors.
Extended operational duration
Shadow and similar systems support longer dives, providing superior endurance and consistent performance, even under challenging conditions.
Configurable layout
Features like back-mount kits for Shadow or nitrox kits for excursion dives enable swift field configuration to suit diverse operational requirements.
Next-generation capabilities
Our Stealth multi-role systems represent the future of life support technology—enhancing safety, efficiency, and flexibility to meet evolving demands of manned diving operations.
Operationally proven excellence
Our systems consistently meet the stringent requirements of special operations and MCM divers, delivering reliable performance in mission-critical situations
Ensuring diver safety with through life support and maintenance
Diving equipment is complex and attention to detail is paramount throughout the life of our products. Commercial and military diving equipment is critical life support equipment and the through-service support of the equipment is vital to the safety of the diver.
Providing ‘through life support’ is our proven mechanism for providing appropriate levels of client and product after sales support depending on client specific needs, requirements and of course budgets.
The level of service provided by JFD depends on the complexity of the equipment, quantities involved and client requirements and maintenance philosophies. Top level, or full support is preferred by the majority of military clients, and adopts the proactive DRACAS approach – Data Reporting Analysis Corrective Action System, providing support for operational capability whilst continually assessing equipment. A training needs analysis ensures that not only is the equipment fit for purpose but those using and maintaining the equipment are able to do so.
Support is provided throughout JFD’s extensive global network. Aberdeen the company’s headquarters and design and manufacturing authority provides support for the UK, Europe and the US. Specialist support for the German Navy is provided by JV Divex Domeyer. Dubai, Perth and Sydney operations look after the Middle East and Asia Pacific regions.
JFD has developed as a response to the requirements primarily of the Defence diving community but is however no less applicable to commercial diving operations. From the divers breathing apparatus to complete complex saturation diving systems, the principles can be applied, and JFD can provide full asset maintenance services or work alongside clients operating PMS systems.
As operators increasingly look to re-risk and subcontract maintenance to OEM subcontractors, the future promises a rewarding and challenging time for JFD’s though-life support team.
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