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CoJACK/VBS2 Demonstrated for INSTINCT Programme

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:10:13 +1100

The INSTINCT (Innovative Science and Technology IN Counter-Terrorism) Programme is the overarching government initiative, led by a cross-government team anchored within the Office for Security and…

AOS Signs Contract with MoD

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:25:54 +1100

How often now do we read headlines, such as: “programme X delayed by software problems…”? AOS has signed a contract with BAE Systems’ Military Air Systems, on behalf of the Ministry of Defence (MoD),…

A|D|S – A New Merger of Aerospace, Defence and Security in the UK

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:53:07 +1100

A new power player recently emerged in the UK business arena when the Society of British Aerospace Companies (SBAC – AOS is a member), the Defence Manufacturers Association (DMA) and the Association…

CoJACK at Camp Pendleton

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:36:57 +1100

Andrew Lucas and Andy Park represented AOS at the FITE JCTD Spiral 1 Technical Demonstration (http://www.fitejctd.com/1.html) held last week at the US Marine Corps base at Camp Pendleton, near San…

I/ITSEC 2009 Review

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:41:10 +1100

This year’s I/ITSEC (Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference) was a great success for AOS. Company reps Andrew Lucas, Matteo Pedrotti and Andy Park talked to at least a…

AOS on Stand 741 at I/ITSEC 2009

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:59:11 +1100

AOS is on stand no. 741 at I/ITSEC 2009 (Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference) and this first day was a great success.

Andrew Lucas, Matteo Pedrotti and Andy Park are…

I/ITSEC 2009 – 30 November to 3 December

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:21:32 +1100

Another I/ITSEC (Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation & Education Conference, http://www.iitsec.org) is almost upon us and AOS will be there to discuss and demonstrate the latest exciting…

Autonomous Systems: Social, Legal and Ethical Issues

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:23:48 +1100

In August this year, the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE) published a thought-provoking report on a roundtable meeting at the Academy about a rarely discussed aspect of autonomous systems – their…

Second Simulation Showcase in London

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:00:08 +1100

AOS staff were busy in Crosswall’s America Square demonstrating the latest version of the CoJACK-VBS2 integration at the Second Simulation Showcase, Assessing Applications, “The Solution Space” held…

New Prices for JACK® and CoJACK™

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:58:23 +1100

Responding to input from our customers, AOS has re-vamped licence prices for its JACK^® autonomous agent platform.

We’ve made JACK much cheaper and our new pricing system is much simpler – there’s…

IO 09 Science and Practice

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:25:28 +1000

AOS Group Research Director, Dr Rick Evertsz, presented the keynote address at the opening of the Industrial Gaming stream of the Integrated Operations conference in Trondheim, Norway. The 5th…

Inaugural Meeting: Autonomous Systems NTC

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:07:01 +1000

AOS UK is a core member of the UK’s Autonomous Systems National Technical Committee (NTC) whose first meeting was held in London this Monday, 21 September.

The committee was established under the…

AUVSI 2009

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:15:59 +1000

This year’s AUVSI (Autonomous Unmanned Vehicle Systems International) Unmanned Systems North America conference was held last week (10-13 August) at the Washington Convention Center in Washington,…

ASTRAEA 2 – an Update

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:09:40 +1000

The ASTRAEA partners (BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, Thales, EADS, Cobham, QinetiQ and AOS) announced last month that the ASTRAEA programme (Autonomous Systems Technology Related Airborne Evaluation &…

AOS attends Boeing Global Supply Chain Conferences

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:44:16 +1000

Earlier this year, the Boeing Company identified AOS as an SME (Small to Medium Enterprise) with capabilities of interest to Boeing’s Integrated Defense Systems and, through an agreement with the…

Commercial Games Workshop

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:56:29 +1000

AOS recently attended a NATO-sponsored, three-day workshop with a modelling & simulation (M&S) theme, “Exploiting Commercial Games and Technology for Military Use.” Held in the UK at the Cody…

AOS at SimTecT 2009

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:29:45 +1000

Dr Rick Evertsz presented the paper "Adding Realistic Cognition/Emotion to VBS2 Entities" at the SimTecT 2009 Conference, Adelaide Convention Centre.

VBS2™ provides impressive photo-realistic 3D…

AOS at ITEC 2009

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:40:04 +1000

ITEC, Europe’s premier defence, training, education and simulation conference & exhibition, celebrated its 20th anniversary last month in Brussels (12-14 May).

Matteo Pedrotti (AOS Trento) and Andy…

Brussels: 12 - 14 May, ITEC 2009

Tue, 12 May 2009 21:26:08 +1000

Our CoJACK/VBS2 Integration demo is on the road again this week. ITEC (www.itec.co.uk), Europe’s premier conference & exhibition dedicated to defence, training, education and simulation, opens at the…

Game Developers Conference and BRIMS 2009

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:37:45 +1000

AOS was one of only ten software companies invited to demo at the Serious Games Summit, part of this year’s Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.

Matteo Pedrotti and Andy Park presented our…