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End-user engineering Research, Development, Test & Evaluation

Engineered by divers.
Proven in the water.

Research, development, test and evaluation for military dive teams and exploration-minded technical divers.

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  • Veteran-Owned
  • Former U.S. Navy Divers
  • Advanced Technical Divers
  • Doctoral Engineering Research
  • 20+ Years Operational Diving
What we do

From hardware to procedure, tested in the water.

Everything we build is shaped by people who will wear it, carry it and depend on it at depth, from the first requirement to the final procedure.

Systems Development

Diving equipment designed by the people who use it.

  • Life support and breathing apparatus
  • Communications and navigation hardware
  • Concept through prototype
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Test & Evaluation

Instrumented in-water trials and formal reporting.

  • Test planning and success criteria
  • Diver workload and human performance
  • Data analysis and test reports
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TTP Development

Procedures validated in the water and documented for teams.

  • Tactics, techniques and procedures
  • Checklists and documentation
  • Training and doctrine support
How we work

Expedition Support

Technical support for deep, cave and scientific diving.

  • Gas planning and decompression strategy
  • Equipment configuration
  • Expedition and research planning
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Our mission

Caisson Research Group delivers research, development, test and evaluation for military and exploration diving. We combine operational diving experience, advanced technical training and doctoral engineering research to design equipment, validate it in the water and develop procedures dive teams can trust.

How we work

A test-driven path from problem to procedure.

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Start with the diver

We begin with the mission, the environment and the person in the water, then turn them into measurable requirements and success criteria before any design work starts.

RequirementsConstraintsSuccess criteria
02

Engineer and prototype

Engineers and operators design together, so every prototype reflects how gear is actually worn, configured and used at depth.

System designPrototypingConfiguration
03

Test in the water. Instrument everything.

Structured trials collect depth, time, gas and diver performance data, so conclusions rest on measurements rather than impressions.

Test plansIn-water trialsData analysis
04

Codify into TTPs and documentation

Validated results become procedures, checklists and training material that a dive team can adopt and teach from.

ProceduresChecklistsTest reports
About

Designed by end users,
for end users.

Caisson Research Group is a veteran-owned company founded by former U.S. Navy divers with more than 20 years of combined operational military diving experience, working alongside doctoral engineering researchers.

Diving equipment is usually designed by one group, tested by another and handed to divers last. We close that gap: the engineers on our team are divers, and the divers are engineers. The same disciplines (life support, pressure physiology and human performance in hostile environments) transfer directly to aerospace.

OwnershipVeteran-owned
Diving backgroundFormer U.S. Navy divers with operational experience
Engineering depthDoctoral engineering research and development
CertificationAdvanced technical diving certifications across the team
Test methodologyInstrumented, repeatable in-water trials with documented test plans and reports
DomainsMilitary, exploration and scientific diving. Transferable to aerospace.
20+

Years of combined operational military diving experience

Veteran

Owned and operated by former U.S. Navy divers

Doctoral

Engineering research behind every system and test

Beyond the water

Extreme environments share the same problems.

The disciplines behind safe diving apply wherever people depend on engineered life support, including aerospace and spaceflight.

Life support systems

Breathing gas supply, monitoring and redundancy for people working in sealed or hostile environments.

Applicable to aerospace and spaceflight

Pressure and decompression physiology

How pressure changes affect the body, and how to plan operations that keep people inside safe limits.

Applicable to aerospace and spaceflight

Human factors in hostile environments

Workload, task design and procedures for people operating under stress, with limited margin for error.

Applicable to aerospace and spaceflight
Team

Built by divers and engineers.

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Programs & contracting

Ways to work with us.

We support government programs, industry partners and research institutions under whichever contracting route fits the work.

Government

Research, development, test and evaluation for program offices and dive commands.

  • SBIR / STTR
  • Other Transaction Authority (OTA)
  • Direct contracts

Industry

Subject-matter expertise and independent test support for defense primes and equipment makers.

  • Teaming and subcontracts
  • Independent T&E
  • Operator-in-the-loop design reviews

Exploration & research

Planning and technical support for expeditions and institutional research diving.

  • Expedition planning
  • Equipment configuration
  • Scientific diving support
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Status
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FAQ

Common questions.

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Research, development, test and evaluation. We study the operational problem, design diving systems, test them under realistic in-water conditions and report the results in a form program offices and dive teams can act on.

Yes. Alongside military and government work, we support exploration-minded technical divers, expeditions, research institutions, equipment manufacturers and defense primes.

We agree on objectives and success criteria, write a test plan, run instrumented in-water trials, analyze the data and deliver a written report with findings and recommendations. Scope and schedule depend on the system and environment.

Our team combines U.S. Navy diving experience with advanced technical diving certifications. That means shared procedures, consistent equipment configuration and disciplined planning on every dive. [Placeholder: list specific qualifications.]

Yes. Life support, pressure physiology and human performance in hostile environments are shared problems across diving, aerospace and spaceflight, and our methods transfer directly.

Request a briefing using the form below. We will set up an initial call to understand the problem and follow up with a proposed approach.

Contact contact@caissonresearch.com

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