Minehunting Ships Remain Essential Shock hardened ships for low-risk way to minefield prosecution The Russian minehunter “Ivan Antonov” has joined the permanent force of the Russian Navy in the Mediterranean. This new generation of ships is equipped with modern systems for search and detection of minefields, together with surface and underwater autonomous mine-clearance vehicles. It […]
Subs in Schools Success – Coast-to-Coast BlueZone is pleased to congratulate our Subs in Schools sponsored teams for outstanding results in the Australian National Finals in Adelaide – a second place for Team Nova (St Philip’s Christian College, Newcastle NSW) and third place for Team Orca (Newton Moore Senior High School, Bunbury WA)! The competition […]
Devil in the Detail for Accelerating Autonomy The ASPI Report Accelerating Autonomy notes the 2019 federal election campaign announcement that instead of conducting an expensive upgrade of its manned minehunting ships, Defence will move more quickly to replace them with autonomous systems. The report judges this as a significant development, as it’s the first time […]
Safe-Moor Affordable, Reliable, Durable Conservation Moorings Safe-Moor™ provides advanced mooring technology to protect the environment with the advantage of a smaller watch circle and mooring versatility for water depth and load bearing. Reduce habitat destruction while using a durable, reliable and affordable mooring. Safe-Moor™ is an ecologically friendly conservation mooring solution, with the strength and […]
REMUS Training at Jervis Bay BlueZone and Hydroid support training of Navy Deployable Geospatial Survey Teams BlueZone and Hydroid have been pleased to complete extensive training of Navy Deployable Geospatial Survey Teams at Jervis Bay, NSW. The pristine waters of Jervis Bay provided the ideal location for operational training of Navy teams. The Hydrographic, Meteorological […]
Double Eagle Next Generation Technology at Multinational Mine Warfare Exercise Key technology utilised in the Mine Warfare task The Double Eagle Mine Disposal System operated from the Huon Class Minehunter Coastal has continued to prove to be a potent capability at the Multinational Mine Warfare Exercise (MIWEX 19) off the coast of the Republic of […]
BlueZone Supports Team Orca for Subs in Schools Western Australia Overall Champions to compete at National Finals BlueZone is pleased to announce support for “Team Orca” of the Newton Moore Senior High School of Bunbury WA for the 2019 Subs in Schools’ competition. The Subs in Schools Technology Challenge™ is the result of collaboration between […]
BlueZone Supports 2019 Navy Interservice Golf Team BlueZone Group has supported Navy Golf in the ACT Interservice Matchplay championships staged at Mollymook in October 2019. The Navy team was not quite victorious. It was a very close run thing, with Navy drawing 6-6 with Air Force and then being beaten 7-5 by Army. Navy […]
Subsea Power Enabling New Autonomous Technology Applications New Technologies Provide New Options for Subsea Energy The 2019 Autonomous Underwater Technology conference was a “sell-out” attendance in Perth with a keynote address provided by Commodore Chris Smith and Commander Paul Hornsby reviewing the Royal Australian Navy’s transition toward Maritime Autonomous Systems (MAS) for naval operations – […]
U.S. Navy orders more REMUS marine robotic systems The U.S. Navy has awarded Hydroid, Inc a contract extension of US$52.3 million for the MK 18 (REMUS) family of Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) systems. This modification is to provide additional fleet fielded assets, to provide expanded capacity. This modification will allow procurement of additional MK 18 […]
