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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Submarine distress beacon enters service with Royal Navy

Astute class submarineThales UK’s highly successful submarine distress beacon has been accepted into service with the Royal Navy (RN).

Following a trial period, more than 100 SEEPIRB (submarine-ejected emergency positioning indicating radio beacon) buoys have been accepted into service with all classes of RN submarines, including the new Astute class.

The SEEPIRB has been developed for submarines to provide distress alerting and position information via radio transmissions on a satellite-aided tracking frequency.

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