BlueZone designed equipment supports fast and easy deployment of military survey equipment The Australian Defence Force was deployed on Operation Tonga Assist 2022 as part of the Australian Government’s support to the Tongan Government following the eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai underwater volcano. A Navy hydrographic team surveyed Tonga’s islands from under the waterline […]
REMUS 100 Uncrewed Underwater Vehicles deployed for military survey Held across training areas in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California from 29 June to 04 August 2022, Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2022 (RIMPAC) is a biennial international military exercise hosted by Commander, U.S Pacific Fleet. Approximately 1,600 Australian Defence Force personnel […]
Geospatial Survey Systems (GSS) for the Land Force to deliver Littoral and Riverine Survey capability and superior situational understanding BlueZone Group has been awarded a two-year contract to deliver and sustain Littoral and Riverine Survey (LRS) Systems, as part of the LAND1771 program, to support the joint land force. LAND1771 Tranche 1 will introduce the […]
Uncrewed Surface Vehicles – Beyond Human Performance BlueZone is now pleased to be delivering to the first MARTAC MANTAS Uncrewed Surface Vehicles for customers in Australia and New Zealand. Many discussions around uncrewed systems tend to focus on ideas of using robotics to complete missions in the same way manned platforms would approach a task. […]
An Expo showing Hydrography of the Future BlueZone Group attended the highly successful Hydrospatial expo in Cairns QLD during February 2022. The event was a fantastic display of what can be expected in the future of hydrography. Andrew Hazell of BlueZone said of the expo “it was an outstanding event bringing together uniform and industry, […]
Versatile WAM-V for Ocean Science Research Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on the Great Barrier Reef The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), in partnership with Queensland University of Technology, has used a WAM-V Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV) manufactured by Marine Advanced Robotics to conduct an acoustic and optical survey of John Brewer Reef […]
SeaBat® F30 High Resolution Forward-looking Multibeam Sonar Demo Unique dual frequency sonar with 2D imaging and 3D FLS bathymetry BlueZone with partners Teledyne Reson has completed a demonstration of the SeaBat® F30 High-Resolution Forward-looking Multibeam Sonar at Pittwater in NSW. The SeaBat® 3D mode provides range, bearing, and vertical incidence angle for all echoes with […]
Survey Motor Boat Fleet Re-equips with Teledyne Reson SeaBat® T50-P SeaBat® Sonars Delivered to RAN Hydrographic Service BlueZone Group is pleased to be providing continued support for the delivery of Teledyne Reson T50 SeaBat Multi-Beam Echo Sounders (MBES) to RAN Hydrographic Service. The Survey Motor Boat (SMB) fleet will begin outfit of SeaBat T50 beginning […]
Z-Boat Unmanned Vehicles as a Force Multiplier The Teledyne Oceanscience Z-Boat is a low-cost but powerful force multiplier, providing the capability of a small boat manned by one or two people in a much smaller platform and with endurance only limited by battery power. Integration of a Multi Beam Echo Sounder such as the Teledyne […]
ClearSignal® Treatment for SeaBat® T50-P Multibeam Sonar BlueZone Group has completed the first ClearSignal® treatment of a Teledyne Reson SeaBat® T50-P Multibeam Sonar. The SeaBat® T50-P is the new addition to the leading SeaBat® T-series product range engineered from the ground up. Combined with the Portable Sonar Processor the SeaBat® T50-P provides unprecedented survey data, […]
