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 […]

Pacific 2019 and Teledyne Marine Technology Workshop October was a busy month for the BlueZoneteam meeting with our major customer, the Royal Australian Navy, at Pacific2019 in Sydney and learning about new products from our major supplier at theTeledyne Marine Technology Workshop (TMTW) in San Diego.  At Pacific 2019 the BlueZone exhibit focussed on Maritime […]

Defence Reserves Support Visit BlueZone Group was pleased to participate in a Defence Reserves Support Visit to RAAF Williamtown. BlueZone technicians, Paul Montgomery and Hamish McInnes, gained useful insight into both the workings of RAAF Williamtown and Defence Reserves Support. The tour included a Defence Reserves Support presentation, address by Group Captain Peter Cluff, 2 […]

Remote MCM – Search, Detection and Classification Remote MCM – Search, Detection and Classification Many countries are moving to Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) to perform MCM search operations (keep the man out of the minefield). AUVs provide a significant benefit when covert operations are required. If this is not the case, a major disadvantage of […]

Blue Zone Group Partners with MARTAC for MANTAS Unmanned Surface Vehicle BlueZone Group and MARTAC partner to expand sales and marketing of the MANTAS USV system to Military, Commercial and Scientific markets worldwide BlueZone Group is proud to announce a partnership with Maritime Tactical Systems, Inc (MARTAC), an innovator in unmanned maritime systems. Maritime Tactical […]

12-tonne Winch Cable Termination Validated by X-Ray The BlueZone Perth facility has completed termination of a cable fitted to a 12-tonne winch for an Offshore Oil & Gas application. After completion of the large termination job, there was evidence of air seepage into the inner mould causing large air bubbles. A new technique was applied […]