Saturation Fly Away Diving System (SatFads)

SATFADS DESCRIPTION

SATFADS gives the U.S. Navy the ability to rapidly deploy a Navy certified saturation diving system anywhere in the world. Phoenix designed and integrated the system building on our work with rapidly deployed ROV systems and supporting U.S. Navy diving. The result is a saturation diving system that can work off hundreds of vessels around the world while meeting the Navy’s strict safety requirements.

PHOENIX WORK

In September 2003, the U.S. Navy Director of Ocean Engineering, Supervisor of Salvage and Diving, SEA 00C, contracted Phoenix International Holdings, Inc. to design and build the SAT FADS. The U.S. Navy’s need to maintain deep water salvage capability is demonstrated by operations like Egypt Air, M/V EHIME MARU, and KURSK.

Phoenix designed and built an air mobile system for worldwide deep water sustained diving operations to depths of 1,000ft sea water. SAT- FADS supports 6 saturation divers for a period of 21 days, with an additional 9 days of decompression.

The system is composed of five major components:

Built to ABS, U.S. Navy, det Norske VERITAS and ASME standards, SAT FADS system requires only 40 feet x 70 feet of deck space.

SAT FADS was transferred to Navy Experimental Diver Unit (NEDU) in Panama City Fl and successfully completed a manned dry saturation dive.