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 […]
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 […]
New Firmware Version Released for Sentinel V ADCPs Teledyne RD Instruments has issued Field Service Bulletin 224 dated 20 July 2015. A new firmware version has been released for Sentinel V ADCPs. Updates include: • Improved stability and power efficiency; • Addition of independent ensemble averaging times for the ping 1 and ping 2 scenarios; […]
REMUS 600 UUV Deployment a Consideration for SEA1000 The USS North Dakota deployed and retrieved a REMUS 600 Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) from its dry deck shelter during a six-week mission before the new submarine completed its post shakedown availability. Only three other submarines, all in the Virginia class, have deployed and retrieved underwater vehicles. […]
Talking Teledyne BlueZone is making plans to attend the Teledyne Marine Technology Workshop in October 2015. Why not join BlueZone and delegates from around the world in beautiful San Diego and catch up on the breadth and depth of the Teledyne Marine product offering? Many of our customers would be aware of the expanded Teledyne […]
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 […]
Ocean Data Systems Continuing to build on a partnership that has been in place for many years, UVS CTO, Darren Burrowes, visited Colin Russell of Ocean Data Systems at his facility in Auckland, New Zealand. Ocean Data Systems Ltd is a New Zealand based supplier of Oceanographic and Hydrographic Equipment, with more than 25 years […]
Lost Liberator Search to Resume UVS customer Dion Marinis, the vice-president of the Broome Historical Society, has been happy to report that financial assistance under the Royalties for Regions program has been approved for the acquisition of equipment including a Tritech StarFish 452F Side-Scan Sonar. The sonar will be used to resume the search for […]
UVS Features in Business in Focus UVS has been featured in Business in Focus magazine, a monthly publication featuring unique articles about prominent companies and associations in Australian markets. The feature highlights the work that UVS completed on the Clever Buoy project for Optus and other activities in support of our clients operating in harsh […]
BlueZone Supports BioPower Systems BlueZone has provided equipment and services to BioPower Systems (BPS), a renewable energy technology company based in Sydney, Australia. BPS is developing systems for both wave and tidal power conversion. For the Port Fairy Pilot Wave Energy Project, BlueZone has supplied both high voltage and low voltage cables and subsea connectors […]
