Sealite Sphere 200 Series DeepSea Power and Light has announced the launch of the next generation SeaLite Sphere. This upgrade to the SeaLite Sphere family features increased light output, LED efficiency, and updated housing providing improved beam control. The Sealite Sphere 200 Series includes flood 75° and Spot 34° reflector options with a hard anodized […]
SeaBotix ROVs for Aquaculture UVS has recently supplied Huon Aquaculture with Teledyne SeaBotix Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) to support their operations at Hideaway Bay – the home of Huon Aquaculture. Huon is the largest family owned and operated vertically integrated salmon producer in Australia. Its operations span all links of the supply chain, from hatcheries […]
RobotX Report BlueZone Group is a proud sponsor of the University of Newcastle’s 2016 Maritime RobotX team, which competes on an international stage against some the most prestigious engineering institutions around the pacific rim. This December the competition is based in Honolulu Hawaii and the team has been busy developing their MKII platform, based on […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
