Lancashire-based Submarine Manufacturing and Products Ltd (SMP), a manufacturer and supplier of subsea rescue equipment, has inked a $100 million deal to provide its cutting-edge Submarine Rescue System (SRS) to the Indonesian Navy.
This contract will see the SRS hosted on a specially-designed mothership, a collaborative creation of design consultancy Houlder and Indonesian partner, BTI Defence.
The ambitious three-year project revolves around SMP’s SRV-F Mk3 rescue submersible. Designed for swift emergency response, the SRV-F Mk3’s capabilities allow it to be deployed both by air and from its mothership. This not only broadens its operational reach but notably shortens the Time To First Rescue (TTFR).
In a rescue scenario, the submersible can quickly move to the distressed submarine’s site without necessitating recovery, maximising efficiency.
A standout feature of the SRV-F Mk3 is its depth capability (500m) and its capacity to rescue up to 50 individuals in one mission.
Ben Sharples, Managing Director at SMP, highlighted the evolving demands of the market. He commented, “Delivering this system for Indonesia alongside our strategic partners further cements SMP’s leading position in this field.”
Lord Dominic Johnson, Minister for Investment from the UK Department for Business and Trade, celebrated the collaboration. He stated, “It’s fantastic to see UK companies securing a prominent international contract.”
Major General Mohammad Fadjar, MPICT from the Indonesian Ministry of Defence, emphasized the strategic significance of the deal. He mentioned, “Working closely with BTI Defence and its key partners, we will also be expanding our local defence manufacturing capabilities.“
What tiny little steering wheels on the top!
Everyone rights of UK manufacturing all the time then you find out they make mini subs in Lancashire. 😀
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Really neat. Good on ’em. I think Indonesia has some Scorpene diesel subs as do other nations so possible more sales.
Actually a Type 209 and three derivatives.
The Indonesian MoD’s procurement is rather opaque. What’s in the budget and what they say their getting doesn’t always line up. Current submarine choices seem to be the Scorpene and/or a German derived design.
This submarine rescue system was budgeted one or two years ago.
The “3 derivatives” are actually South Korean upgrades of the Jang Bogo class, according to Wiki. Nothing there shows any link to German 209s.
Sorry, my mistake, they were based upon German Tyoe 209s but built in S Korea.
https://www.export.org.uk/news/651143/UK-overtakes-France-as-eighth-largest-manufacturer-as-Badenoch-celebrates-one-year-in-trade-role.htm
Brexit has been a complete and utter disaster for you Brits 😁
Incidentally,
https://www.thecityuk.com/news/uk-confirmed-as-the-world-s-leading-net-exporter-of-financial-services/
Tell that to the sky will fall on doomsayers and remoaners!
Hopefully, all the tax on revenues will cover the costs of the boat people we can’t return to France.
However, given most of them actually get asylum it’ll cover the costs of more hospitals, schools, nurses, doctors, teachers….
Ah. It doesn’t and it won’t. Damn.
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Bravo. Won’t make good reading for many here.
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Before, we could just return them. Now, we have to process them; and many are allowed to stay.
Good plan!
What % got returned and out of that % how many returned again and remained as illegals?
If Labour would back down and support changing the law something could be done about it, but you know they are employed as the ‘opposition’ and will gladly oppose every single thing (good or bad).
Oh James!
Border Force James?
Works in an Int unit AR
To which James am I replying?
The one who claims expenses and pay for watching tiffies take off and land?
The one who threatened his Belorus wife with deportation if she ever left him.
Come on James, why such specific questions on Border Force? Inside knowledge?
Well, it has.
And as for the EU, please read my reply to Andy Reeves and Monkey Spanker below. We, the EU, are in terminal decline. Our share of global gdp is currently falling at a rate of nearly 1% every 3 years. When UK, IRE & DEN joined in 1973, the current EU27+UK accounted for 35% of global gdp. Today, after many years of rapid decline since the late 90s and the catastrophic departure of UK, that share is now less than 15%. It is now projected by PwC and OECD to decline to 8% & 9% by 2050. A truly cataclysmic… Read more »
The article isn’t really as great as the headline sounds. From the article.
Although the UK slipped behind France in the rankings in 2018, Make UK’s ‘Manufacturing – The Facts’ report finds that in 2021 – the last year for which global comparisons are available – UK output climbed to US$272bn, ahead of France’s $262bn.
UK manufacturing was valued at £224bn in 2022, according to separate Office for National Statistics (ONS) data.
So looks like the sector in money terms is the same or less then previous years. Taking inflation into account its a reduction.
I think you miss the point of my comment. It was a somewhat sarcastic comment on how disastrous Brexit has been on the UK economy. I remember how often I read, and expected, the total collapse of the UK manufacturing and service sectors, Nissan, Toyota, Banking etc. The article indicates that this has not happened and comparatively is doing just fine. The UK is no worse off than we are here in the EU – Financial Crisis hangover, Pandemic, Ukraine, Energy Crisis, Inflation etc. BTW did you know our supermarket shelves were also empty during the pandemic. Also when you… Read more »
Also, Germany’s exports fell nearly 14.3% in 2022 and they have continued to decline significantly right throughout 2023. Imports increased 24.5% in 2022 and continue to increase throughout 2023. The German manufacturing export miracle, the bedrock of the EU, seems to be coming to an end unfortunately. I see stormer weather on the horizon.
Stormier – fat fingers.
If it can rescue 50 people, is it really “mini” ?
Given the conditions of the third world countries ships, they’ll need it before we do.
I don’t think Indonesia falls into 3rd world status. They have 7th highest GDP PPP higher than the U.K. and France.
Is the 15th largest GDP economy and services account for half the economy.
The economy is growing quickly and it’s importance keeps growing.
According to both PwC and OECD’s long term projections, Indonesia will be the world’s 4th largest economy after US, China and India but ahead of Japan by 2050.
As a prospective member of CPTPP, it’s admission will make that Organisation massive in comparison to the you know who. The World Bank, PwC and OECD project that the existing CPTPP11, not including the UK, will be 2.5 and 3 times larger than the you know who by 2050.
Somebody in Indonesia has knocked out a video (Computer sim) regards the SMP SRV . Whilst not in English you can gather how large it is and what it can do.
I play games with some folks from Indonesia and it’s a great place. Some clever folks there.
Yes. Been there a few times myself. Despite the bad wrap often given to it average Indonesians are a very friendly bunch. Got some nice pics of me and a group of uni students on a mountaintop ( I was about 3 times their age and trekked up by myself and came across them on the top itself before I bolted back down – a long day but only had to carry a day bag ). Nice food too.
One of my Indonesian friends son has come to higher education in Ireland or perhaps Northern Ireland. The name escapes my memory just now. Perhaps an engineering school.
Thanks for that link. Despite reading that it can rescue 50 people at a time, it’s hard to get an idea of how big it is. Do we know how long the SRV-F Mk3 is?
Their subs have a complement of 33.