Deployable Mine Countermeasures Combating the Ultimate Asymmetric Warfare Weapon Mines are the ultimate asymmetric warfare weapon in naval operations. Whether buried, tethered, concealed, or drifting they have the ability to deny access to a choke point, harbour, amphibious landing site, or even to deep water passages. They are very effective anti- access/area-denial (A2/AD) weapons. The […]
Maritime Unmanned Systems Take Centre Stage at NATO ASW, MCM and More will be enabled by New Technology A report from the Underwater Defence and Security Conference, Southampton, March 2019 Recent developments in NATO point to a renewed focus on maritime warfare after decades of land warfare driven concerns. A resurgent Russian naval capability is […]
Unmanned Surface Vehicles for ASW Barrier Operations BlueZone Group is pleased to announce the award of a Defence Innovation Hub contract for a Concept Exploration Phase study for Offboard Detection, Classification and Localisation (Offboard DCL) using unmanned systems. BlueZone Group and partners propose to develop a highly automated system to contribute to Navy surface combatant […]
Defence Industry Service Commendation – Paul Montgomery Recognition of outstanding career of service to the Australian Defence Force and defence industry BlueZone is pleased to announce that Paul “Monty” Montgomery has been selected as one of seven new recipients of the Defence Industry Service Commendation. The Defence Industry Service Commendation is an initiative launched by […]
BlueZone supports TMT to deliver ROV for submarine rescue Hydrostatic pressure testing an essential step in assurance for ocean systems BlueZone is pleased to provide support to Perth-based Total Marine Technology in their ROV manufacturing and operations which will in time include the delivery of an ROV for Australia’s new submarine rescue capability. BlueZone provides […]
Subsea Supercharger Brings Electric Power to the Seafloor An energy revolution coming to the seabed The Subsea Supercharger developed by Teledyne Energy Systems enables persistent AUV/ROV operations without needing a crew nearby to retrieve or redeploy the underwater vehicles, or a tether to supply power from above the water. In addition to the AUV/ROV operations, […]
Boost to Australian Defence Industry and Innovation Sector BlueZone Group is pleased to join with other innovative companies to develop enhanced capability for Defence following the award of a Defence Innovation Hub contract. The BlueZone innovation will demonstrate that unmanned surface vehicles can enhance underwater and anti-submarine warfare capability. #AheadOfTheTide #innovation #defence #unmanned #ASW Read More Boost to […]
REMUS Sea Launcher Autonomous Deployment and Recovery of UUVs from a USV The REMUS Sea Launcher is a transformational capability that links Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) and Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) operations. Sea Launcher has been developed to meet the requirements for further increments of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mine Countermeasures (MCM) Mission Package. […]
REMUS M3V – Micro 300m UUV Sonobuoy A-size UUVs enable an accelerated MCM timeline Mine Counter Measures (MCM) phases of Detection, Classification and Identification can be constrained by the availability of assets to simultaneously search a large area. Cost and the availability of trained resources also limit the operations that can be performed. The REMUS […]
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles in Mine Counter Measures Reaching Full Potential with Identification Capability There are Four Phases in a Mine Counter Measures (MCM) operation with Autonomous Underwater Vehicles currently able to contribute capability to the first two phases: 1) Detection. AUV search using side-scan sonar 2) Classification. Diver or AUV with Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) […]
