Navy Develops Airboat

Research and Development unit of the Navy has developed an air boat at a cost of Rs. 1.7 million. This type of craft is usually priced around Rs 12.5 million in the market.

The Sri Lanka Navy has built an Air Boat equipped to deal with operations during flood disasters.

The special feature of this Air Boat is its propeller being fixed well above the water level. So, in rescue missions, where the naval personnel have to pull people in distress off water, it will cause no harm to the people and boat itself. Further, the basic structure of this Air Boat and related informative know-how has been given by Commodore Priyantha Perera who is a specialist in Naval Diving.