REMUS Autonomous Launch & Recovery Hydroid has announced the release of Line Capture Line Recovery (LCLR), a self-contained module that is initially offered on Hydroid’s REMUS 600 autonomous underwater vehicle for the purpose of autonomous launch and recovery. “We designed the LCLR to be a first-of-its-kind system that will make the launch and recovery […]
ADCP Silver Service – Book Now for 15% Discount BOOK NOW TO RECEIVE 15% OFF* SILVER SERVICES COMPLETED BEFORE ANZAC DAY 2016 Why not take advantage of the lull in seagoing operations over the holiday period to book your ADCP for “Silver Service” and prepare them for the Marine Measurement year ahead? Approved by Teledyne RD […]
ATSA Fits Innovation & Ideas Boom ATSA Defence Services, a member of the BlueZone Group of companies, has been recognised as a role model for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s “ideas boom”. ATSA directors, Darren Burrowes and Neil Hodges, established the company in 2000 as a service partner for the then Saab Underwater Systems (now Saab […]
Clever Buoy Development Continues UVS is continuing to support Shark Mitigation Service in development of the Optus “Clever Buoy”, an innovative device for detection of sharks at beaches. The development of the Clever Buoy has been featured in the Newcastle Herald. The Clever Buoy integrates a sonar detection system, interface software, battery power and communications […]
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year From all the team at the BlueZone Group (ATSA Defence Services, UVS & UVS Trenchless), we would like to wish all of our customers and suppliers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We will be enjoying an Aussie style Christmas of beaches, boating and barbeques in […]
REMUS Roundup – Using an AUV for Passive Detection Bioluminescence emitted from marine organisms upon mechanical stimulation provides a low-tech method of identifying surface and subsurface vehicles and swimmer tracks. The measurement of bioluminescence in coastal waters has only recently received attention as the platforms and sensors were not scaled for the inherent small-scale nature […]
Clever Buoy Returns to Newcastle The Mark 1 Clever Buoy has returned to Newcastle, NSW for a photo-shoot with the Discovery Channel. Originally developed by UVS in Newcastle for Shark Attack Mitigation Systems of Perth, Western Australia, the Mark 1 Clever Buoy has been around the world and attracted significant attention as a world-first shark […]
New “RioPro” Upgrade for Rio Grande ADCPs Teledyne RD Instruments has announced the launch of a new upgrade for the widely popular Rio Grande 1200 kHz acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP). Called “RioPro,” the upgrade offers current Rio Grande 1200 kHz owners an upgrade path to incorporate enhancements recently introduced in the RiverPro ADCP. Along […]
Australasian Hydrographic Symposium at Cairns Teledyne Reson Senior Product Manager Uni Bull joined UVS General Manager Oceanographic & Hydrographic, Mark Hegarty, at the Australasian Hydrographic Symposium at Cairns in November. The conference was well attended with over 100 delegates attending three days of papers and presentations based around the theme of harnessing the Blue Economy […]
Future of Cyclone Monitoring Tropical Cyclones are massive, complicated weather systems that are poorly understood due to their complexity and the difficulty of gathering data in some of the most extreme conditions on the ocean. But advanced technology like Liquid Robotics’ Wave Glider®, an unmanned ocean robot capable of operating through even the most severe […]
