BlueZone travels to Denmark to undertake training at Teledyne Reson In July 2022, BlueZone Group’s Electrical Engineer, Curtis Schur and Senior Technician, Grant Maddison travelled to Denmark to undertake training for the latest Teledyne Reson acoustic technology. Exercises for the acoustic technology included the maintenance and upgrades of the software systems. During the visit, Curtis […]
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 […]
BlueZone Group celebrates Andrew’s 20 years with the company BlueZone extends their best wishes to Andrew Roth for 20 years of service with the company. Andrew first embarked on his journey as a Senior Technician at ATSA Defence Services in 2002. In this role, he assisted with servicing and repairing Saab’s Double Eagle systems […]
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 […]
The Future of Mine Disposal with Evergreen Technology Capability The Saab Multi-Shot Mine Neutralisation System (MuMNS) brings many advantages to the difficult and enduring business of Mine Neutralisation. Lessons learned over five years of development with both the Royal Navy in the UK and the Marine Nationale in France have taken MuMNS from a prototype […]
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 […]
HII Successfully Demonstrates Coordinated Manned & Unmanned Operations BlueZone’s partner HII has announced a successful demonstration of capabilities enabling amphibious warships to launch, operate, and recover the HII-built large-diameter unmanned underwater vehicle (LDUUV). Research and development between HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding and Mission Technologies aim to advance mission-critical technology solutions in support of HII’s defence industry […]
Advanced uses for Wave Adaptive Modular Vessel Marine Advanced Robotics has announced a project to develop advanced uses for WAM-V autonomous surface vehicles with parent company Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) providing experience and expertise in operating remote vehicles in the offshore energy survey segment. The development will expand the many applications of WAM-Vs and create […]
ASW Operations implemented from Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle Demonstrating the versatility of the low profile miniaturised acoustic arrays KraitArray™, supplied by UK company Systems Engineering & Assessment (SEA), the array has been deployed from and Extra Large Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle (XLUUV) showing that it could be operated with the fully functional 150m thin-line towed KraitArray™ attached. […]
Students gained hands-on experience in our 2022 work experience program BlueZone Group was proud to mentor Jemima McKensey, a year 10 student from the Newcastle Grammar School, and our apprentices Callum Bakker and Logan Hodge, as part of our work experience program in June 2022. At BlueZone we believe in supporting the next generation of […]
