BlueZone Group celebrated its 6th birthday a little late this year We were very happy to finally get together to celebrate 6 years of BlueZone Group this month! BlueZone Group’s birthday was in September and marked 6 years since ATSA Defence Services and UVS grouped together to build the company we are today. This has […]
Trials demonstrate effectiveness in two oceans ClearSignal® anti-biofouling coating continues to demonstrate its effectiveness in reducing the impact of biofouling on buoys and subsea structures deployed in diverse locations in the world’s oceans. Buoy coating prevents fouling In trials conducted with the Coastal Studies Institute in North Carolina, USA, comparison of one coated and […]
BlueZone is hiring Systems Engineers for exciting projects in unmanned maritime systems As an underwater technology company, BlueZone offers employees the opportunity to discover a career in the last frontier – the world’s oceans. Join a company with a passion for innovation, customer focus and solution delivery. Australia’s claims over maritime areas are some of […]
Capability assurance program will ensure the future of Navy Mine Disposal BlueZone Group is working with Thales Australia and Saab Australia to ensure the capability of the Double Eagle Mine Disposal System, is maintained through to the end-of-life of the Huon Class Minehunter Coastal. The Defence has made a down-select decision to explore a variant […]
The BlueZone Team has Two New Apprentices BlueZone is very happy to welcome two new apprentices to our team this month. Michael Angelov and Callum Bakker are both first-year electro-technology apprentices who will be working with our engineers and technicians until December 2021. Since the company began in 2000, BlueZone has supported many apprentices with […]
Robotics Systems will support inspection and maintenance tasks in harsh conditions New research has found Australia has very high quality and abundant offshore wind resources close to the existing transmission grid. More than 2,000 GW could potentially be installed within 100km of current substations and excluding environmentally restricted and low wind areas – far in […]
Mine Disposal using the Double Eagle Remotely Operated Vehicle Huon-class minehunter coastal HMAS Gascoyne started its latest deployment with a bang, conducting a live mine disposal activity off the coast of northern NSW. The live firing came just days into a deployment during which the ship will circumnavigate Australia to conduct vital route surveys of […]
Fastest Autonomous International Run Ever Maritime Tactical Systems, Inc. (MARTAC), an innovator in Maritime Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs), launched its Devil Ray T38 USV from Palm Beach, Florida Inlet with the goal of performing a fully autonomous run across the Florida Straits to West Bank, Bahamas in under one hour. At 9:06 am the Devil […]
Significant announcement that backs local development of a key future Defence technology BlueZone Group strongly supports the announcement by The Hon Melissa Price MP, Minister for Defence Industry, of a new Sovereign Industrial Capability Priority for Robotics, Autonomous Systems and Artificial Intelligence (RAS-AI). Providing sustainment to the ADF for robotics systems for more than twenty […]
The final stages of Mine Counter Measures (MCM) are the hardest steps and need a strong focus for any Navy to claim a credible MCM capability There is no doubt that the rapid development of UUV technology shows great promise for revolutionising the first two stages of MCM: search and classification of seabed objects. For […]
