Part of the Navy's Initial Response Diving (IRD) project, the new prototype is designed to recycle part of the exhaled helium (Photo: US Navy/Anthony Powers) This works, but it has some drawbacks ...

The US Navy recently completed tank tests of a new deep-diving suit called the Deep Sea Expeditionary with No Decompression (DSEND) system that is light and flexible, yet maintains sea-level ...

The concept aims to improve on the atmospheric diving suit by making it more flexible, lightweight and user-friendly. (Ronnie Newsome/Navy) The Navy is developing a new “Iron Man” diving suit ...