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OCIUS welcomes new Lead Engineer

January 9, 2018

Peter Woldarczyk OCIUS Chief Executive Robert Dane today announced the appointment of Peter Wlodarczyk as Lead Engineer. He was previously Section Leader of Applied Research of ResMed. Graduating from the University of Newcastle with a BE (Computer Engineering), Mr Woldarczyk has over 20 years experience as a systems/software engineer in defense, IT and medical device […]

BlueBottle on 9News Sydney

October 4, 2017

A home-grown invention is about to make waves, as the un-manned autonomous drone expected to revolutionise how we monitor our oceans. #9News pic.twitter.com/kXcblY4N2w — Nine News Sydney (@9NewsSyd) October 3, 2017

$10,000 Maritime Australian Defence Innovation Grant Awarded by Hon Minister for Defence Industry ​Christopher Pyne

PRESS RELEASE “The judges recommended this award go to OCIUS Technology Limited. The company is building unmanned ocean drones or unmanned surface vessels (USVs) called Bluebottles that run on the energy available at sea – solar, wind and wave energy. This results in a disruptive, autonomous surveillance and communications platform that can remain at sea […]

Robert Dane CEO, talks to 2GB’s Ross on development of BlueBottle

Robert Dane, CEO of Ocius, talks to Ross about the development of the BlueBottle unmanned surface vessel which could help with the way Australia patrols its marine borders ¹ First seen on 2GB Radio

“Unmanned marine drone designed to patrol our borders”

October 1, 2017

By the Daily Telegraph, ‘Bluebottle’ creating waves in NSW defence INTRODUCING ro-boat cop — the unmanned marine drone capable of patrolling our borders for months at a time. The craft is creating waves around the world for its ability to revolutionise the way we patrol and monitor our seas. Dubbed Bluebottle — after the Aussie […]