SeaBotix Service Starts-up Service for Teledyne SeaBotix Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) has started in style at the BlueZone UVS facility in Newcastle, NSW. In November the workshop was busy with service and repair of four LBV systems operated by the Royal Australian Navy. The systems operated by the RAN are equipped complete with Little Benthic […]
Unmanned Surface Vehicles Autonomously Detect and Track a Live Submarine During the exercise Unmanned Warrior recently conducted in the UK, Liquid Robotics and Boeing demonstrated the use of the Wave Gliders, to successfully detect and track a manned diesel submarine. Four Wave Gliders were deployed in the Sensor Hosting Autonomous Remote Craft (SHARCs®) configuration off […]
University of Newcastle Maritime RobotX Challenge Team Students from the University of Newcastle form one of only three Australian teams who have been chosen to compete in the Maritime RobotX Challenge (RobotX) which will be held in December 2016 in Hawaii. Sponsored by Northrop Grumman and run by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International […]
Saab Acquires DAMDIC Manufacturer Nordic Defence Industries Saab has acquired Nordic Defence Industries (NDI), the Danish naval company that designs and manufactures the Danish Marine Disposal (DAMDIC) mine disposal charge. The Royal Australian Navy utilises the DAMDIC system for mine disposal, deploying them from the powerful and flexible Double Eagle MK II Mine Disposal System, […]
REMUS Report BlueZone UVS supplier Hydroid is growing quickly with new customers, products, buildings and people. Earlier this year, Hydroid was appraised at level 3 of the CMMI Institute’s Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)®. CMMI is a capability improvement framework that provides organizations with the essential elements of effective processes that ultimately improve product delivery […]
Quality Products for Water Resources BlueZone UVS was pleased to participate in the Australian Hydrographers Association 2016 Conference and Exhibition (AHA 2016) at Canberra responding to the theme: Better Management of Water Resources: Technology, Techniques and Applications. General Manager Water Resources, Andrew Hazell, represented BlueZone UVS at the Exhibition together with Hening Huang, Asia Pacific […]
BlueView M900 2D Imaging Sonar for Demo & Rental The BlueView M900 2D Imaging Sonar is now available from UVS for demonstration and rental. The M900 is the most compact, full featured 2D Multibeam Imaging Sonar available. The M Series fits where other multibeam imaging sensors can’t, delivering crisp, real-time streaming sonar imagery. The M […]
Z-Boat at Army Innovation Day 2016 The versatile Teledyne OceanScience Z-Boat was selected for participation in Army Innovation Day 2016 (AID 2016) held on 12th October 2016 in Canberra. The lead theme for Army Innovation Day 2016 was ‘manned and unmanned teaming for the soldier.’ BlueZone UVS proposed the innovative robotic Z-Boat to enable manned-unmanned […]
Farewell to Social Media Team We bid farewell to Ingrid and Louis, whose mark on the Bluezone group’s social media landscape will be eternal. We wish you well in the future.
BlueZone Group Birthday BlueZone Group celebrated its first birthday this September with staff at all of our sites gathering for cake & coffee. Neil Hodges, BlueZone Group CEO, said that the grouping of ATSA Defence Services, UVS and UVS Trenchless under a common banner had been a success and enabled BlueZone to offer even more […]
