ADCP-based Monitoring System Aids Operations in Darwin Harbour Australia’s Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) includes a station at the entrance to Darwin Harbour. Information for currents, tides, waves, temperature, water quality parameters (e.g., Chlorophyll-a, turbidity), wind and rainfall are recorded. While navigating ships in Darwin Harbour, pilots can use a smartphone to see the data. […]
Successful IEEE Student Outreach The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) has supported a successful student outreach program conducted at the BlueZone Group Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) facility in Newcastle, NSW. The IEEE NSW Joint Chapter Communications, Signal Processing and Ocean Engineering, EA and IICA arranged a site visit to BlueZone Group’s facility at […]
Greater Hunter Makers Festival BlueZone/UVS is excited to be a participant in the inaugural Greater Hunter Makers Festival to be staged in Newcastle 11 and 12 November 2016. The vision of the Makers Festival is to showcase the Greater Hunter Region as a global centre of engineering and manufacturing excellence offering world-class people,customised products and services. […]
Aquatec Equipment Awards UVS partner, Aquatec Group, are creators of innovative instruments, services and solutions for measurement, monitoring and communication underwater. Aquatec’s Equipment Awards give students and early career researchers the opportunity to use Aquatec’s innovative instruments for their research and are now open for applications. Two instruments are available to loan: the commercially established […]
Z-Boat with MB2 and SeaBotix Little Benthic Crawler for Demonstration in Australia/NZ UVS is pleased to announce the demonstration of two innovative Teledyne Marine products in Australia and New Zealand in October: The Teledyne OceanScience Z-Boat with MB2 Multibeam Echosounder is an entirely new option for high-resolution shallow-water hydrographic surveying. Get multibeam bathymetry data where […]
Release Refurbishment These “before & after” pictures from the BlueZone workshop demonstrate the complete capability offered for repair, overhaul and total refurbishment of equipment like acoustic releases. BlueZone workshops include electrical, electronic and electro-mechanical service capability that is focused on the maintenance of oceanographic equipment. Importantly, BlueZone has a complete painting facility that specialises in […]
ASPI Report – Australian border security and unmanned maritime vehicles In a report published by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute the application of Unmanned Maritime Vehicles (UMV), like the Liquid Robotics Wave Glider, to Australia’s border security challenge has been considered. Australia’s complete maritime jurisdiction covers about 14 million square kilometres, including an exclusive economic […]
Robotics for the Royal Australian Navy In 2015 local company ATSA Defence Services joined with UVS Pty Ltd to create the BlueZone Group resulting in a capability that provides the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) with robotic systems that support the Australian Defence Force to maintain an essential technology edge. For a nation with claims over […]
Leave the River Feeling You are Right on Q The Teledyne RDI RiverPro ADCP is built on the best-selling RioGrande 1200 kHz ADCP and combines recent innovations from the RiverRay ADCP. When combined with Q-View software, it is a powerful and easy to use tool that simplifies hydrographic field work from the river to the […]
Hamish Shines on Awards Night UVS is pleased to announce that Electronics Technician, Hamish McInnes has been the 2016 recipient of the Josh Woolfson Memorial Encouragement Award. The Josh Woolfson Memorial Encouragement Award was established in 2012 by Liz Woolfson in memory of her husband, Josh Woolfson and his work in the Industrial Electronics courses […]
