JFD provides a unique multi-role LARS capable of handling a wide variety of submarine rescue vehicles, both tethered and free-swimming. The reduction in mobilisation time, afforded by having a compatible, certified LARS, can considerably offset the transportation time associated with deploying a large fly-away system.

JFD provides a unique ‘Multi-Role’ LARS capable of handling a wide variety of submarine rescue vehicles, both tethered and free-swimming. The Multi-Role LARS is developed directly from proven, certified Launch and Recovery Systems installed on Belos, Cheong Hae Jin and Swift Rescue, with interface adapters

LR5 proved very successful as a surface-ship launched rapid-reaction, flexible rescue vehicle for the UK and Northern Europe; the addition of a portable ‘A’ frame meant the system could be air transported and deployed from a ‘ship of opportunity’.

JFD is the recognised world leader in the provision of submarine rescue services and supports some of the most advanced navies in the world. In 1999, JFD transformed LR5 into a steel-hulled, Transfer Under Pressure (TUP) capable submarine rescue vehicle.

2022年7月11日 · The LR5 seen in 2002. Together with the Scorpio ROV, these systems provided submarine rescue services to the RN under a contract that began in 1983. LR5 was bought by JFD and transferred to support the Australian Navy after it was replaced by the SRV1 in 2008.

2025年2月26日 · A JFD LR5 submersible being launched from MV Stoker to conduct night operations during the Royal Australian Navy’s 2020 ‘Black Carillion’ submarine escape and rescue exercise, JFD’s third-generation submarine rescue system will continue to support the RAN for another four years under the latest contract extension.

delivering the original GRP hull LR5 rescue submersible to the UK, the vehicle was in fact substantially rebuilt in service by JFD during the course of its service life. Indeed, the fact that the vehicle retained the LR5 designation has somewhat obscured the degree of modification and replacement embodied through-life.

LR5 is a manned free-swimming submersible designed to rescue 14 seated personnel at up to 5 Bar (gauge) from DISSUBs fitted with a rescue seat compliant with STANAG 1297. The vehicle consists of two compartments: a Command Module, with two pilots, and a Rescue Chamber manned by the Rescue Chamber Operator (RCO).

2025年3月13日 · A company created through the merger of James Fisher Defence and Divex has won a contract to provide the submarine rescue system to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) for a further four years after finalising an extension to its contract with the Department of Defence.

“The JFD rescue vehicle LR5, and Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Scorpio 45 were taken by air from our HQ at Henderson, Western Australia, to Roselle, New South Wales,” explains project manager Stuart Irwin.