Fastest Autonomous International Run Ever Maritime Tactical Systems, Inc. (MARTAC), an innovator in Maritime Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs), launched its Devil Ray T38 USV from Palm Beach, Florida Inlet with the goal of performing a fully autonomous run across the Florida Straits to West Bank, Bahamas in under one hour. At 9:06 am the Devil […]
Significant announcement that backs local development of a key future Defence technology BlueZone Group strongly supports the announcement by The Hon Melissa Price MP, Minister for Defence Industry, of a new Sovereign Industrial Capability Priority for Robotics, Autonomous Systems and Artificial Intelligence (RAS-AI). Providing sustainment to the ADF for robotics systems for more than twenty […]
The final stages of Mine Counter Measures (MCM) are the hardest steps and need a strong focus for any Navy to claim a credible MCM capability There is no doubt that the rapid development of UUV technology shows great promise for revolutionising the first two stages of MCM: search and classification of seabed objects. For […]
Dry Deck Shelter and Tube Launch & Recovery Feature in SSN designs Nuclear submarines (SSNs) are most stealthy and least detectable when operating highly independently and without significant off-hull communication. As UUVs start supplementing the SSN force, increased UUV independence will be pivotal. Improved UUV ability for online decision making in complex environments will drastically […]
REMUS 100S and 100M Share the Workshop Floor at BlueZone’s Newcastle Facility The growing fleet of REMUS Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) in Australia was demonstrated when REMUS 100M and REMUS 100S vehicles were both at BlueZone’s Newcastle UUV Support Facility in Newcastle. REMUS vehicles can operate a wide selection of sensors depending on customer […]
BlueZone Group engineer, Curtis Schur, sat down with RDA Hunter to talk about his experience working within the Defence Industry in the Hunter BlueZone Group has been partnering with RDA Hunter as part of the ME Program since 2019. Our engineers have been working with students to promote STEM skills and introduce them to the […]
Open architecture and modularity lead the way forward for unmanned systems Huntington Ingalls Industries has announced a U.S. Navy order of two REMUS 300 unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs). “REMUS UUVs have been used by the U.S. Navy for their defence operations for more than 20 years,” said Duane Fotheringham, president of the Unmanned Systems […]
MARTAC MANTAS T12 for MCM Leading edge USV technology with state-of-the-art sonar technologies for mine countermeasure detection The MANTAS T12 USV provides a technically mature Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) as an option for mine countermeasure detection. The T12-MCM configuration consists of a MANTAS USV system, a L3 KLEIN UUV-3500 High-Resolution Side Scan Sonar and a […]
REMUS 300 UUV for RNZN First international order for four REMUS 300 unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) BlueZone supplier Huntington Ingalls Industries has announced that the Royal New Zealand Navy has placed the first international order for four REMUS 300 unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs). “We are pleased New Zealand is upgrading their fleet with new REMUS […]
Hunter Defence Conference 2021 The Hunter Defence Industry continues to grow stronger The Hunter Defence Conference 2021 was held in April in the Hunter Valley and attended by the large primes, NSW SMEs, academia, and the Department of Defence. The conference was completely sold out with industry partners keen to build networks and discuss the […]
