Training aids and devices

Tender description

A competitive tender to meet the requirement to provide representative Aircraft Helicopter Underwater Escape Training Modules (HUETM’s) for Merlin Mk2/Mk4/4a and Wildcat HMA which will deliver a safe system of training when combined with the Royal Navy Centre of Maritime Survival Evade Resist Extract (SERE) and Underwater Escape Training (RNCMSUET) Facility, at RNAS Yeovilton to allow the realistic representation of emergency situations and enable the training of escape drills whilst submerged. Two new modules are required to replace the existing UET modules. The user requires a supported solution to deliver UET at Royal Navy Centre of Maritime SERE and Underwater Escape Training (RNCMSUET); the modules must reduce the Risk to Life (RtL) associated with ditching, be safe, represent value for money and be sufficiently available to meet the training needs of the user. Training Needs Analysis (TNA) carried out in 2014 recommending the infrastructure required to deliver pan-Defence RW maritime survival training against future training requirements. The TNA also recommended the provision of new HUETM’s to replace the aged small and large modules due to lack of fidelity and increasing un-serviceability and maintenance burden. This tender seeks solutions to meet the requirements set in the Statement of Requirement, namely developing Helicopter Underwater Escape Training Modules (HUETM’s) representative of Merlin Mk2/4/4a and Wildcat, to allow the realistic recreation of emergency situations and enable the training of escape drills whilst submerged.