DRASS D-ONE Day - organized by local D-ONE representative Maritime Oceanics - took place at Deep Dive Dubai, the world’s deepest pool, on June 19th! Throughout the day, at pre-assigned time slots, commercial diving companies arrived for their highly-anticipated D-ONE wet trials. All in all, 25+ professional divers operating in...
In the world of subsea experts there is both unrest and concern about what could have actually happened to Titan, the missing OceanGate submersible. Speculation is mounting. So, what is the rationale behind a subsea operation of this kind and were the relevant challenges properly assessed? Indeed, there is little...
Korean Navy Officers and local technical partners completed an in-depth 2-week DRASS course aboard the new ASR-II submarine rescue ship. ASR-II ship, named Ganghwado, in construction at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), one of the largest military shipyards in the world, is expected to be delivered to the Navy...
DRASS had the honor and pleasure of welcoming Gen. Stefano Iasson, General of the Italian Carabinieri Armed Forces. During the engagement that included a tour of the production facilities, DRASS’ cutting-edge technologies in the fields of deep diving and defence were presented. DRASS Group again extends thanks for this special...
During recent weeks, DRASS hosted RINA classification society, Saipem, and the Italian Navy for the validation tests of the Navy’s SDO-SuRS (Special & Diving Operations-Submarine Rescue Ship) Deployable Assets. During this testing phase, the electronic distributed system of the core Rescue and Intervention Command & Control System was rigorously tested....
DRASS had the pleasure of welcoming a delegation of Italian Navy submariners, attendees of the Naval Academy’s specialization course in Livorno. The delegation were hosted by DRASS former submariners on a tour of the production facilities, familiarizing themselves with DRASS’ cutting-edge defence assets and associated technologies that are proving to...
During 11-14 April 2023, Chair of NATO Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer was in Romania on the invitation of Chief of Defence, General Daniel Petrescu. During the visit Admiral Bauer toured the new DRASS LH-300 Simulated Diving Facility at the Constanta Military Diving Centre, the most strategic naval base of...
DRASS welcomed one of the classes of Raffaello Foresi High School from Elba Island. Students, specializing in professional disciplines, had the opportunity to meet DRASS staff, tour the entire production facilities and get acquainted with DRASS technology and all the various phases carried out in-house, from initial design and engineering...
DRASS welcomed Italian Naval Academy’s Officers who are undertaking their degrees in Naval Engineering. Officers had the opportunity to familiarize themselves with DRASS state-of-the-art technologies that are making huge strides forward as gamechangers in terms of operability and modularity. DRASS Group thanks one and all for this visit, wishing the...
DRASS is pleased to share pictures and a summary report from the latest D-ONE Diving Helmet Workshop held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Organized by Petrobras and hosted at Belov Engineering headquarters, this event saw more than 30 commercial diving companies come together for D-ONE workshop testing and wet trials....
