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AOS is Recruiting!

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:06:28 +1100

AOS Group is seeking a self-motivated and experienced software engineer with an interest in highly challenging software development to join its project delivery team in Melbourne, Australia. The ideal candidate will already be an accomplished, technically capable software engineer, who is looking to exercise their design and lead capabilities. …

JACK User Group

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:59:09 +1100

Recently updated, the JACK User Group provides a forum for users to exchange hints and tips for using JACK. The forum currently has over 250 users, although not all are active participants.

We monitor the forum and will answer queries when time allows. …

AOS (UK) Office Move

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:01:22 +1100

AOS's European Headquarters will be moving on 1st January 2012. Set in a tranquil leafy location, our new office is just a mile and a half from the old one, and is now a very short walk to the University, providing an opportunity for even more synergy for AOS's research activities.

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AOS-supported PhD at University of York

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:26:57 +1100

AOS and the University of York are offering a fully-funded CASE studentship in Safety-Critical Machine Intelligence.

Would you trust a computer to run a chemical plant or oil platform? You might not, but we trusted humans to manage the Deepwater Horizon rig, and that ended in disaster.

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AOS Xmas and New Year Office Opening Hours

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:00:44 +1100

Our offices will be shutting down for Christmas and New Year from Monday, 26th December 2011 to Monday, 2nd January 2012 inclusive.

We will re-open on Tuesday, 3rd Jan 2012.

We wish all our customers and partners a Merry Xmas and Happy New Year!

AOS Featured in APDR Article on Successful SMEs

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:34:41 +1100

The Australian Industry & Defence Network Incorporated (AIDN) represents the interests of over 800 Australian Small-to-Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the defence and security industries. In the July/August 2011 issue…

Unmanned Aerial Warfare – The Economist

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:38:57 +1100

In an extensive article, The Economist reports on the current use of UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) in the military. In the last few years, the use of UAS by the US military has increased tenfold, and UAS now fly more hours than manned strike aircraft.

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USIC 2011 - San Diego

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:25:20 +1100

To be held in San Diego, California, the 5th Unmanned Systems Interoperability Conference (USIC) Conference (Oct 31 to Nov 3) is the world’s largest event devoted to the interoperability and integration of unmanned systems. …

RAeS UAS Conference 2011

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:56:44 +1100

This year, AOS is presenting at the Royal Aeronautical Society's Unmanned Aircraft Systems Conference. AOS Group CEO, Dr Andrew Lucas, will be presenting the paper "ASTRAEA – Autonomous Operations in Icing Conditions".

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Agent based impact analysis of an air traffic management system

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:23:14 +1000

The creation, development and modification of complex systems is becoming increasingly commonplace, but it remains a costly and time consuming activity to predict the behaviour of such systems due to their data intensive nature. …

AUVSI North America Update

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:31:23 +1000

After four hectic days of panel discussions, presentations, keynote addresses, meetings, box lunches and hurried cappuccinos, Andrew Lucas and Andy Park reported this year’s AUVSI conference (16 – 19 August) as certainly the busiest and hopefully the most rewarding ever.

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International Offshore Petroleum Regulators and Operators Summit

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:17:11 +1000

Andrew Lucas, Managing Director of AOS, attended this first summit of offshore petroleum regulators in Australia. The summit was very well attended, with over 300 representatives from the industry, regulators and other organisations. …

AUVSI 2011

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:28:13 +1000

AOS is well represented at this year’s AUVSI conference at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC as both Andrew Lucas, Group CEO and Andy Park, Director of North American Operations, are attending.

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APPEA National Oil & Gas Safety Conference 2011

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:23:12 +1000

Andrew Lucas and Joshua Cross of AOS, attended the 2011 APPEA National Oil & Gas Safety Conference at Burswood Convention Centre in Perth. The conference drew approximately 300 representatives from the industry, government and other organisations. …

Developing a person-following mobile robot using Prometheus and JACK

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:20:07 +1000

Prometheus

Padgham & Winikoff, 2004. Developing intelligent agents systems: A practical guide. John Wiley and Sons.

In recent years, there has been an increased interest in the development and deployment of surveillance systems. Such systems pose a number of challenges, including the need to integrate disparate information sources into a cohesive "picture" of the tactical situation. …

Using JACK to control substation automation systems

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:05:37 +1000

Electric power utilities rely on substation automation to manage the distribution of power from the substation using Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) and Remote Terminal Units (RTUs). Substation automation provides multiple capabilities including: prognostic health management, fault detection and analysis, and rapid load restoration. …

AOS at AUVSI's Unmanned Systems NA, 2011

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:43:27 +1000

Dr Andrew Lucas, AOS, will be presenting its ASTRAEA-related work on autonomous PHM in the paper "Prognostic Health Management (PHM) Applied to Autonomous Power Management on a UAS". Jacek Stecki of PHM Technology is co-presenter. …

Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC)

Tue, 31 May 2011 10:42:54 +1000

SOFIC 2011 was held mid-May in the Tampa Convention Center and Andy Park, Director of North American Operations, represented AOS at the annual, three-day event. The conference provides a forum for the commercial sector, academia, professional organizations and government agencies to network with representatives from the four component commands within the USSOCOM (United States Special Forces Command).

Safety-Critical Systems Workshop

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:54:26 +1000

The theme of the workshop was "Software Safety - Where's the Evidence?". This report from Will Glover from the AOS UK office.

The day was divided into 5 sessions, each containing a twenty minute presentation followed by 40 minutes of discussion. …

Defence and Aerospace Case Studies

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:34:32 +1000

Download Brochure

This is an alternate download location, in case you have trouble accessing the Victorian Government's Defence and Aerospace Case Studies web site.

AOS is currently featured in the listing: Victorian Government's Defence and Aerospace Case Studies.

The Department of Business and Innovation brochure can be downloaded from that page, but we have included an alternate download location, in case you have trouble accessing their web site. …