In Captain Cousteau’s films, divers in silvery suits glide silently amid the marine life. Scuba frees them from the surface. The story of the Aqua-Lung goes back to World War II. In June, 1943, on a small beach of the Riviera, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, wearing rubber fins, shouldered the new completely autonomous diving gear.

The Aqua-Lung was invented in France during the winter of 1942–1943 by two Frenchmen: engineer Émile Gagnan and Jacques Cousteau, who was a Naval Lieutenant (French: lieutenant de vaisseau). It allowed Cousteau and Gagnan to film and explore underwater more easily. [3]

When Jacques Cousteau and Emile Gagnan invented the Aqua Lung, history was forever changed. This single piece of equipment launched decades of innovation, and empowered discovery by making the underwater world more accessible.

He co-invented the first successful open-circuit self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA), called the Aqua-Lung, which assisted him in producing some of the first underwater documentaries. Cousteau wrote many books describing his undersea explorations.

2025年2月11日 · Jacques Cousteau, French naval officer, ocean explorer, and coinventor of the Aqua-Lung, known for his extensive undersea investigations. His efforts led to numerous books, television programs, and films, including the Academy Award-winning The Silent World (1957).

2021年11月22日 · Jacques Cousteau co-invented Aqua-Lung scuba gear, which he was eager to use for scientific research. In 1963, these divers from Cousteau's team practiced underwater survival techniques in...

2016年6月18日 · In the early developmental years of the Aqua-Lung, Jacques-Yves Cousteau continued his Naval duties up until the end of World War II in 1945. Jacques-Yves Cousteau was involved in the French resistance which covertly fought the German NAZI regime through sabotage, and spy missions. One of Jacques-Yves duties was spying on the Italian Navy.

Aqualung, part of the Aqualung Group, is the leading global designer and manufacturer of dive and water sports gear. Now available in more than 100 countries around the world, Aqualung pioneered the creation of modern diving equipment when Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau teamed with engineer Emile GAGNAN in 1943 to develop the first “aqualung ...

L'officier de la marine française Jacques-Yves Cousteau et l'ingénieur Emile Gagnan d'Air Liquide développent un système de plongée autonome avec un détendeur à la demande, le scaphandre autonome. Il prend rapidement le nom d'"Aqua-Lung", après que Cousteau ait inventé le mot pour les pays anglophones.

In December 2023, Aqualung Group was acquired by Barings LLC, marking a new chapter in its history. French naval officer Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Air Liquide engineer Emile Gagnan develop an autonomous diving system with a demand regulator, the scaphandre autonome.