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Watch: Jaw-Dropping Video of British Navy Testing Jet Packs

It’s something out of a Marvel movie.

The British Royal Navy has tested “jet suits” to fly over water and land safely on moving sea vessels (watch above).

The see-it-to-believe-it technology was developed by Gravity Industries – a company that claims to “make human flight a reality.”

The company said it spent three days with British commandos off the south coast of the UK. The suits allow soldiers to board a ship without “fast-roping” from a helicopter.

Business Insider reports:

Maritime boarding operations, also known as “visit, board, search, and seizure” operations, are challenging and have traditionally involved troops coming alongside a ship in a fast boat and hooking a caving ladder or fast-roping from a helicopter onto the ship.

A former US Special Forces officer previously told Insider that “VBSS is one of the most complex and dangerous” of maritime-operations missions. He said it often required special equipment and training to execute effectively.

Gravity Industries’ collaboration with the British Navy is a trial. The British military has not committed to purchasing the technology.

The inventor of the jet suit – Gravity Industries founder Richard Browning – holds the Guinness World Record  for “fastest speed in a body-controlled jet engine powered suit.” He traveled over 85 miles per hour at a demonstration in 2019.