Jet Suit Classification and Certification
Alexander Tiffin made this Freedom of Information request to Military Aviation Authority This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear Military Aviation Authority,
On 13th May 2020, Gravity Industries published a video on their YouTube channel purporting tjatbif showed the Royal Navy and Royal Marines carrying out a trial jet suit naval assault, as can be seen here:
Can you please advise as to
• Whether Jet powered suits used by the military come under your supervision? If not, why not?
• What certification is required to operate jet suits in UK airspace?
• Disclose any risk assessments compiled by yourselves since Jan 2018 on the use of jet suits in UK airspace or by UK forces overseas.
• Details of any military exercises carried out with jet suits since January 2019.
Yours faithfully,
Alexander Tiffin
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Dear Military Aviation Authority,
You are now long overdue on this request. Can you please update me on a timescale please.
Yours faithfully,
Alexander Tiffin
Dear Mr Tiffin
Thank you for your email.
The subject of your request does not fall within the remit of the Military Aviation Authority and your enquiry was forwarded to the central Freedom of Information hub and logged under reference FOI2020/10998 where it could be dealt with by the most appropriate team.
I apologise if this has not been actioned, please contact [email address] (copied) for an update.
Kind regards
Defence Safety Authority Secretariat
Dear Mr Tiffin,
Please find attached our response to FOI2020/10998.
Regards
Navy Command Secretariat - FOI Section
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Dear NAVY SEC-FOI MAILBOX (MULTIUSER),
This response is odd considering I asked the military aviation authority about airspace use and airworthiness certification. This has nothing to do with the commercial side so why have you copy pasted about two unrelated FOIs?
Please clarity the original request I made:
What is the legal status of jet suits in UK airspace?
Does it require certification like an aircraft?
Yours sincerely,
Alexander Tiffin
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