What the Navy’s Future Focus Means for WA Stakeholders in Western Australia’s Defence Sector were offered a rare opportunity to engage directly with the ADF top brass on Tuesday, 4 August, when AIDN-WA in an exclusive breakfast function played host to the Chief of Navy, Vice-Admiral Tim Barrett. UVS CEO, Neil Hodges, presented at the […]
UVS Joins BlueZone Group UVS has joined with ATSA Defence Services to form the BlueZone Group together with other complementary companies. UVS was established in 1973 and supplies quality subsea equipment and services to the Offshore Oil & Gas, Defence Oceanographic, Hydrographic and Offshore Renewable Energy market sectors. ATSA Defence Services established in 2000 is […]
Spring in Newcastle! Our Newcastle office was smashed by a freak hail storm in September. Climate change? More ocean science required to understand our weather systems we say! Check out the pictures of our carpark and a UVS snowman 🙂
Teledyne TSS – Discount on Stock Motion Sensors – Limited Period Teledyne TSS is now offering significant discounts on list price on stock systems. For a limited time the product range will be subject to an across-the-board discount while further discounts apply for Meridian Standard and Surveyor gyros and the DMS-05. The DMS range of […]
Underwater Laser Based Measurement Interest and applications are growing for laser-based underwater measurements systems that can provide sub-millimetre accuracy. UVS partner, OceanTools, has completed a number of Offshore Oil& Gas tasks measuring cracks, gaps and corrosion on FPSOs and caissons. New applications may include mounting multiple systems onto a crawler. OceanTools products include: • C-Gauge: […]
Where Are They Now? At UVS one of our values is to continuously improve our operational and technical knowledge. We figure that the more we know about our range of products and their applications then the better assistance we can provide to our customer base. We think that continuous improvement means sharing the knowledge through […]
UVS Congratulates ATSA Defence Services on 15 Years Service to the Royal Australian Navy ATSA Defence Services, the specialised service arm of UVS, celebrates fifteen years of service to the Royal Australian Navy this year. Established as a service partner for Saab Underwater Systems (now Saab Dynamics) in 2000, ATSA has been a successful spin-off […]
Extracting Renewable Energy from the Oceans A large audience of over 100 gathered on 9 July 2015 for a presentation to the Joint Electrical Institutions Sydney – Engineers Australia, IEEE and IET. The audience heard from two leading Ocean Renewables companies with operations based in Sydney: Elemental Energy Technologies (EET) and BioPower Systems. Deputy Chair […]
Mapping and Measuring with Multibeam Many of our customers ask how Multi Beam Echo Sounder (MBES) backscatter can be used to characterise seabed types for habitat and baseline environmental studies. MBES backscatter is becoming recognised more and more as a valuable tool. Backscatter can be defined as the amount of acoustic energy received by the […]
The Dark Arts – International Shipment International shipment seems to many to be a “dark art” that has resisted the improvements and efficiencies of the Internet age. The UVS Purchasing Manager, Andrew Roth, has over ten years experience in the shipment of high value electronic goods from global suppliers to customers all around Australia. Andrew […]
