BlueZone were honoured to host the Fellows of ATSE The fellows of the Australian Academy of Technology & Engineering (ATSE) visited BlueZone Group at our site in Newcastle NSW in April 2022. It was an honour to talk to our guests about our company and our projects, as well as to hear their fascinating stories. […]
Comparison of sonar performance on multiple targets In April 2022 BlueZone Group hosted Teledyne Marine representatives for a demonstration conducted in Sydney Harbour showing obstacle avoidance, target detection, and bathymetric capabilities of the RESON F30 and T51 Multibeam Systems. Multiple targets, including mine-like objects, were deployed by customers which were all successfully detected by both […]
Sovereign Payloads for the ADF The ADF continues to develop plans for manned platforms, like frigates and submarines, that are going to cost billions of dollars and not produce any increments in capability until well in the future, but are they planning to spend scarce project dollars on the wrong things? Many observers believe that […]
Army Innovation Award – Robotic Z-Boat BlueZone Group (BZG) is pleased to announce the award of order to UVS Pty Ltd, for the supply of three robotic “Z-Boats” to The Royal Australian Army. This order comes as a direct result of BZG’s participation in Army Innovation Day (AID) 2016, where the lead theme was ‘manned […]
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, […]
Robotics to impact every sector of the Australian economy BlueZone is pleased to participate in Robotics Australia Group and supports the release of the Robotics Roadmap for Australia 2022. Robotics Australia Group was established in 2020, bringing together a network of more than 800 people from industry, government and research institutions, and is a founding […]
The end of the year has arrived, and we have taken the opportunity to reflect on 2021 What a year! 2021 has been a year of fantastic highs and some real challenges for us all and we believe it is important to reflect on what has come to pass and what has been accomplished over […]
BlueZone recognised for 15-year membership as part of the Australian Industry and Defence Network NSW Elizabeth Karpiel, BlueZone Group CEO, and Andrew Hazell, BlueZone Group General Manager – Sales, were very happy to meet up with our friends and colleagues at the 2021 AIDN NSW Christmas Function in Darling Harbour, Sydney on 8th December. It […]
Middle East Will Be Next Test Bed for Unmanned Systems The US Navy 5th Fleet’s Task Force 59 has established a second testing outfit for the Navy’s unmanned ships following Surface Development Squadron One (SURFDEVRON) establishment in 2019. The goal of the task force is to expand the operational use of unmanned platforms in the […]
