Ocius Technology‘s Bluebottle uncrewed surface vessel is to be trialed by the Royal New Zealand Navy. The company took to social media to confirm reports that the 6.8-metre, renewably-powered surveillance vessel was enroute to NZ where it will undergo trials. Last year the Royal Australian Navy contracted to acquire five Bluebottle USVs from Ocius, following…
Australian autonomous uncrewed vessel developer Ocius Technology and US maritime technology firm ThayerMahan Inc have announced they will collaborate to demonstrate a powerful new capability at the AUVSI XPONENTIAL event running from 23 to 25 April off San Diego, California. The collaboration places ThayerMahan’s Outpost system of acoustic sensors and digital signal processing aboard Ocius’…
A new R&D project led by marine company Ocius Technology and supported by the Australian Composites Manufacturing CRC will optimise the use of wave energy, according to the ACM CRC. The project links Ocius with the University of New South Wales and will focus on wave energy for propulsion, harnessing energy for underwater flippers for…
The Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy has welcomed the arrival of the first Ocius BlueBottle Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs, pictured) manufactured by Ocius Technology for the Australian Defence Force. The Royal Australian Navy and defence industry have worked together through a Defence Innovation Hub initiative to develop the Ocius BlueBottle USV, which is used…
The Royal Australian Navy has signed contracts to acquire five Bluebottle unmanned surface vessels (USVs) from Australian manufacturer Ocius. In the last 15 months, five Bluebottles under a Defence Innovation Hub contract have already completed nearly 23,000 nautical miles at sea , the equivalent to around the world at the equator. The deal to deliver…
Thales Australia and Ocius Technology have entered a teaming agreement to develop and deploy an Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) capability equipped for Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) and surveillance missions. The Australian designed and manufactured Blue Sentry autonomous system is made up of a team of Ocius Bluebottle USVs integrated with Thales’s new thin line Fibre Optic…
Thales Australia has received $3.8 million from the Defence Innovation Hub to develop its Australian engineered and built Blue Sentry autonomous marine system. Part of $28 million in defence hub grants, Blue Sentry is a group of unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) equipped for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and surveillance missions. The system incorporates a Thales Remote…
By Peter Roberts French defence group Thales has appointed leading Australian manufacturing figure Jeff Connolly as Australia and New Zealand CEO. The well known head of Siemens in Australia joins following the decision by CEO Chris Jenkins to retire after 14 years in the role. Connolly will take up the role in September with Jenkins…
Analysis by Peter Roberts Australia’s defence forces, science and industry appear to be working more closely together today than they have at any time since the 1960s on the shared task of ensuring the country’s national security. This became a little clearer in the past week with the release of the 2018-19 Defence Industry and…
Circular economy researcher to trace plastic textile and refrigerant materials Among three University of Wollongong researchers awarded funding through the Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA) Scheme is Associate Research Fellow Dr Elyse Stanes, awarded $449,335 over the next three years. According to a statement from UoW, Stanes will conduct research into the circular economy…
