House of Kitch

23/10/2026

Last week saw three major announcements spanning the Pacific region for Ocius with the:
🇦🇺 Launch of their expanded Sydney facilities and the new state-of-the-art Ocius Global Operations Centre
🇳🇿 Opening of a new maintenance and sustainment facility in New Zealand
🇫🇯 Confirmation that Australia will provide Bluebottle Uncrewed Surface Vessels to Fiji

These stories combined generated more than 400 media placements, including:
📺 65 television broadcasts
📻 96 radio mentions
💻 240 online stories
📰 6 print pieces
👀 All resulting in an estimated cumulative audience of 2.4 million

This has once again demonstrated how the Bluebottle is helping to protect maritime security right across our region.

22/10/2026

Last week our team attended humAIn, a conference exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence, marketing, media, and creative industries. Here are our top insights from a packed day of presentations from industry-leading speakers.

06/10/2026

Australian-built, field-proven with US defence partners, and now serving the Australian Army.
Arkeus's Warden Hyperspectral Optical Radar has entered service on the Army's Insitu Pacific Integrator uncrewed aircraft under the Tactical Uncrewed Aerial System program, and the story behind it is today's Forbes Australia Daily Cover.
Australian deftech milestones like this deserve to be celebrated. It was a privilege to help bring Arkeus's story to a national business audience.

https://www.forbes.com.au/covers/innovation/arkeus-crossing-the-defence-tech-valley-of-death/

18/09/2026

Australia is building world-class defence technology. And that deserves world-class communications.

House of Kitch has won Corporate & Business Campaign of the Year at the 50th Annual Communication and Public Relations Australia Golden Target Awards for our work with Australian maritime autonomy company Ocius.

When Ocius engaged us, it had a remarkable sovereign capability and an ambitious growth agenda. Our job was to ensure the significance of that capability was understood by government, Defence, industry, investors, prospective employees and the Australian public.

Together, we transformed a complex story of autonomous systems, advanced maritime robotics and AI into a clear and compelling narrative. We carried that narrative through a complete brand refresh and strategic repositioning, shifting perceptions of Ocius from an R&D-led innovator to a sophisticated, operationally proven maritime autonomy company, supported by a new website and communications ecosystem.

This program of work generated 294 media stories and an estimated audience of 3.25 million, while website visitation increased by 83% and time on site rose by 267%. These results strengthened Ocius’ profile and helped to build momentum across reputation, recruitment, investment and global growth.

This award belongs to a deeply collaborative partnership - the visionary team at Ocius, our team of specialists at House of Kitch, and the journalists, stakeholders and partners who helped bring the Bluebottle story to life.

For Australian defence technology companies, technical excellence is only part of the challenge. Your audiences must also understand what you have built, why it matters and why your organisation is uniquely equipped to deliver it – from Australia to the world.

House of Kitch helps defence and deep-tech companies turn complex capabilities into clear narratives, trusted reputations and meaningful growth. Learn more about our award-winning collaboration with Ocius here.

Strategic communications and marketing agency House of Kitch and Australian maritime technology company Ocius have won Corporate and Business Campaign of the Year at the 2026 Golden Target Awards. The award recognised their ongoing communications program that repositioned Ocius from an R&D-led innov...

21/08/2026

We were proud to work one again with the brilliant Royal Australian Air Force Jericho Disruptive Innovation team on their presence at this year’s Defence Science & Technology Group Australian Defence Science, Technology & Research (ADSTAR) Summit.

Together we developed a custom designed exhibition activation, compelling brochure and video content, and updated messaging to provide Jericho’s audiences with the latest updates on their innovations and capability development programs. Our thanks to the Jericho team for their collaboration and for bringing this vision to life with us.

19/08/2026

We’re thrilled to share that House of Kitch has been shortlisted in the 50th Annual Communication and Public Relations Australia Golden Target Awards for our work with Ocius. Congratulations to all this year’s finalists!

Our shortlisted campaign, ‘Bluebottle Rising’, is a testament to the power of strategically aligned communications to build trust and accelerate global growth. A huge thank you to the amazing Ocius team for your collaboration, openness and bold thinking. The strongest outcomes happen when we work with great people with an innovative mind-set and this is certainly the case with Ocius Founder & CEO Robert Dane and his team at Ocius.

06/08/2026

A national spotlight for Australian innovation 🇦🇺

On Sunday evening, Ocius took centre stage in a national 7NEWS Australia story exploring how Australian-made technology is helping strengthen our nation’s defence capability.

Designed and manufactured in Australia, the Ocius ‘Bluebottle’ uncrewed surface vessel (USV) can operate at sea for months, powered by solar, wind and wave energy, helping safeguard our waters.

We are proud to help shine a light on an innovative Australian company who are leading the world with technology and capability.

Our thanks to Chris Reason and the 7News team, and the team at Ocius.

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30/04/2026

Soaking up the Sunrise
Making time to dream
Meeting inspiring Australian founders and creators like Aaron Blabey
What a day!
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