Drone Technology Drives Development Development work for new robotic boat technology for Army is progressing at BlueZone Group driven by technologies available from the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) or ‘drone’ world. BlueZone Group CTO, Darren Burrowes, said that the large amount of lightweight and low-cost technologies developed for drone applications provided many options for application […]
BlueZone Group Supports NSW Inquiry into the Defence Industry BlueZone Group has presented at the NSW Legislative Council Inquiry into the Defence Industry in New South Wales. BlueZone Group CEO, Neil Hodges, attended as one of three industry representatives together with Chris Jenkins (CEO Thales Australia) and Mark Burgess (CEO Quickstep). Neil said that the […]
High Resolution Structural Inspection of Flooded Tunnel Acquiring accurate data on the structural integrity of submerged tunnels, as well as shafts and underwater caverns, has long been a challenging and costly problem for water companies, hydroelectric schemes and mine operators alike. Recent developments of sonar technology enable collection of 3D data resulting in an accurate […]
ClearSignal Coating Continues ClearSignal coating continues to be in high demand with ADCP instruments recently coated for a major customer. ClearSignal coating products can be applied to your instruments and underwater components at UVS workshops in Australia. https://bluezonegroup.com.au/clearsignal-coating ClearSignal® utilises advanced coating technologies to enable biofouling resistance performance. The ClearSignal Biofouling Control System is selected […]
Army Innovation Award – Robotic Z-Boat BlueZone Group (BZG) is pleased to announce the award of order to UVS Pty Ltd for the supply of three robotic “Z-Boats” to the Royal Australian Army. This order comes as a direct result of BZG’s participation in Army Innovation Day (AID) 2016, where the main theme was ‘manned […]
Autonomous Vehicles for Challenging Southern Ocean Conditions News that Norwegian oil and gas company, Statoil, will explore the Great Australian Bight off South Australia after taking over two of BP’s exploration permits points to increased activity in the harsh ocean conditions bordering the Southern Ocean. Leveraging the knowledge gained from UAVs and other fixed mounted […]
Bowtech Burns Bright During World War II, the Australian warship HMAS Sydney (II) encountered the German raider HSK Kormoran and after a short but fierce battle, both ships sank, taking with them all 645 crew from the Sydney and almost 100 crew from the Kormoran. In 2015, researchers from Curtin University, Dr Andrew Woods, Dr […]
LIGHTPATH SLS5000 for demo BlueZone UVS is pleased to offer the innovative PhotoSynergy LIGHTPATH product for demonstration in Australia. LIGHTPATH is a range of fibre lighting systems have been in operation in the North Sea for 4 years, principally used to illuminate dive umbilicals but also increasingly to delineate structures on the seabed and tether […]
Seaeye Falcon Mothership An ingenious idea from Saab Seaeye customer, Stinger Technology, has found a way to penetrate the labyrinth inside offshore production tanks in search of environmental contaminates prior to decommissioning. They managed to squeeze a unique underwater robotic systems configuration loaded with sampling technology through a 150 cm square hatch to search the […]
Deepsea and DGO Hollywood director James Cameron secretly built the Deepsea Challenger submarine in Sydney for his voyage to the planet’s deepest point, 11 kilometres underwater to the Mariana Trench between New Guinea and Japan. The Deepsea Challenger submarine used the very latest technology and was built by a team of engineers in Sydney including […]
