The Royal Navy has tested Gravity Industries’ jet suits to test sea boarding operations. Pictured is Richard Browning, the founder of Gravity Industries and inventor of the jet suit.
Recently, the British military company Gravity Industries in conjunction with the British Royal Navy released a video to test a newly developed gravity jet flight suit. The film simulates a maritime “flying assault” boarding exercise, in which a Royal Marine wearing a flight suit easily flies from a speedboat to a warship ahead.
A video released by Gravity Industries on May 2 shows multiple Royal Marines in the flying gear taking off from an inflatable dinghy in the English Channel and quickly catching up to and boarding the river-class patrol ship HMS Tamar ahead of them. ), with the soldiers flying significantly faster than the speedboat.
Once the Marines easily boarded the ship, the ramp was quickly lowered to allow other Marines to board the Tamar.
The exercise, which lasted three days, involved 42 Royal Navy commandos and explored operational options to replace traditional sea boarding.
The flying equipment is similar in size to an ordinary outdoor backpack and allows the user to fly over water like Iron Man, a technology the company believes could revolutionize sea-boarding operations.
Browning, founder of Gravity Industries, previously set a world record for the fastest speed with this jet suit at 85 miles per hour (136 kilometers per hour) on Nov. 14, 2019. (Shutterstock)
It is understood that sea boarding operations are also known as challenging “patrol, board, search and seizure” (VBSS) operations. Traditional maritime boarding operations require the combatants involved to sail alongside the target vessel in close proximity in a speedboat and then board the vessel with a boarding ladder, or board the vessel quickly by helicopter.
This gravity jet flight suit main thrust in the back, in addition to the hands also have four small jet engines for assistance and directional adjustment. It is reported that each suit is worth about 340,000 pounds (about $ 430,000).
Gravity Industries founder, jet flight suit inventor Richard Browning (Richard Browning) once served in the British Royal Marines, he said the company has met with members of the U.S. Special Operations Command (U.S. Special Operations Command), which also has a Navy SEAL (SEAL) members to discuss the feasibility of jet suits for assault operations.
The U.S. Naval Institute revealed earlier that U.S. Special Operations Command is also evaluating a jetpack that could exceed 200 miles per hour (322 kilometers per hour).
Earlier, the Great Northern Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS), a British helicopter emergency agency, also began testing whether medics and rescuers could use jetpacks to fly directly to hard-to-reach locations to assist in rescuing climbers in distress.
Last year, Browning also flew on the HMS Queen Elizabeth in his jet suit.
According to Guinness World Records, Browning set a world record for the fastest speed with this jet suit on Nov. 14, 2019, at 85 miles per hour (about 136 kilometers per hour).
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