Defence will acquire 40 Australian-designed and built Bluebottle Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USV) under a $176 million, five-year contract to enhance the Royal Australian Navy’s undersea warfare capabilities. The funding, announced by Richard Marles, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence,…
Washington DC-based Liquid Robotics displayed its WaveGlider SV3 Block II Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) at Indo Pacific in an attempt to interest the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), but appears to have lost the initiative to Ocius Technologies’ Bluebottle family of…
Groton, Connecticut-based maritime technology firm ThayerMahan, Inc. has signed a collaboration agreement with Sydney-based autonomous uncrewed vessel developer Ocius Technology Ltd. The partners will demonstrate a powerful new capability at the AUVSI XPONENTIAL event 23 to 25 April off San…
The Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) has tested successfully two undersea communications and ISR technologies at this year’s EX Autonomous Warrior, held in Jervis Bay in the fortnight before the Indo Pacific 2023 maritime expo in Sydney. Rock Lobster…
The Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) will trial Ocius Technology’s 6.8m, renewable-powered Bluebottle Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV). The supply ship HMNZS Aotearoa has carried the USV from Sydney to Auckland and once operational it will be able to undertake maritime tasks at sea…
The Royal Australian Navy has officially taken delivery of the first two of five Ocius BlueBottle Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USV) ordered by the ADF, despite the fact the USV has been in service with the ADF for several months. The…
The Bluebottle Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV), designed and manufactured by Sydney-based Ocius Technologies, has been used on live operations by the ADF for the first time. A Bluebottle USV was used by the Army’s 7th Regional Force Surveillance Group (RFSG)…
Australian innovators planning to enter for the INDO PACIFIC 2022 Innovation Awards have one month left to submit an entry – the deadline for entries is 1 March. Entrants could join previous winners such as EM Solutions, Thales Australia, Droneshield, DMTC,…