Indian Pacific Piloting Demonstrating the flexibility and capability of the Wave Glider operational model, UVS has completed a piloting operation for an RAN exercise in the Indian Ocean from the UVS east coast facility in Newcastle, NSW. The ease of piloting a Wave Glider from a remote location opens up many possibilities for a persistent, […]
BlueZone Supports BAE Systems’ Bid for Sea 1778 As reported in ADM Magazine, BlueZone has supported BAE Systems in offering a low-risk solution to the Royal Australian Navy SEA 1778 Project for deployable mine counter measures. ADM Magazine reports that “The mission system includes REMUS, the only combat-proven Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), currently in-service with […]
StreamPro Service Certification UVS has been officially sanctioned by Teledyne RD Instruments to inspect, maintain, calibrate and repair StreamPro ADCPs. Adding to the existing Teledyne Authorised Service Centre established by UVS & RD Instruments, this additional capability will benefit UVS customers working with ADCPs in water resources applications. The StreamPro is the ideal instrument for […]
FLNG and what it means for the Subsea Industry UVS staff joined with a large and engaged audience attending the Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) meeting in Perth on October 15 to hear from excellent speakers on the topic, “FLNG is coming…What does this mean for the Subsea Industry? Ben Holland, Senior Geotechnical Engineer at […]
Cape Cod Confidential – Part 3 – Hydroid, Inc. Hydroid, Inc. has recently opened a new facility at Pocasset on Cape Cod where the production for REMUS 100, 600 and 6000 vehicles is scheduled through a flexible and highly optimised production line. BlueZone CTO, Darren Burrowes, was one of the first to tour the […]
Cape Cod Confidential – Part 2 – EdgeTech EdgeTech is a leading supplier of underwater technology solutions and sonar systems including side scan sonars, sub-bottom profilers, bathymetry systems, AUV and ROV-based sonar systems, and customised solutions. Named in part to honour the late Dr. Edgerton, an MIT professor and marine instrumentation pioneer, EdgeTech has continued […]
Subsea Electronics Modules BlueZone continues to meet demand from Offshore Oil & Gas and Ocean Renewable Energy customers for Subsea Electronics Modules (SEM) that enable deployment of electronic systems and sensors to all ocean depths. General Manager, Offshore Oil & Gas, Mark Musarra, said that the design of SEM needed to consider many factors and […]
Cape Cod Confidential – Part 1 Many members of the ocean engineering community are aware that the Cape Cod area in Massachusetts, USA is a worldwide centre for ocean science and ocean engineering with companies and organisations clustered around the world renowned Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). BlueZone CTO, Darren Burrowes, was recently able to […]
Oceanographic Future Possibilities – By Mark Musarra, UVS General Manager Offshore Oil & Gas Retrieving ocean data is typically hampered by the obvious remoteness of most points of the ocean. In Australia there is an additional challenge because even with the proximity of land, remoteness is not diminished in areas like the North West Shelf […]
Kongsberg Cameras for TMT ROVs UVS has supplied Kongsberg cameras to Total Marine Technologies (TMT) for their Typhoon MK2 ROVs now on their way to Brazil as part of a five year contract with the giant Brazilian energy company, Petrobras. Two Total Marine Technology ROVs have recently passed deepwater acceptance tests to 3000m in the […]
