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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, it was hosted by…

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…

Upcoming Events: AOS at Game Developers Conference and BRIMS 2009

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:19:55 +1100

AOS has been invited to participate in the Serious Games Summit, part of this year’s Game Developers Conference at the Moscone Center in San Francisco (23-27 March).

Matteo Pedrotti and Andy Park…

AOS Joins New UAS Sub-Committee

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:23:50 +1100

Earlier this year, the Australian Aerospace Industry Forum’s Certification & Regulation Working Group invited aerospace industry representatives to meet and discuss a joint government/industry…

Customer Profile: StatoilHydro

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:34:43 +1100

StatoilHydro is an integrated technology-based international energy company primarily focused on upstream oil and gas operations. Headquartered in Norway, it’s Scandinavia’s largest retailer of oil…

AOS Presentation at BRIMS 2009

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:59:44 +1100

The BRIMS (Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation) Conference Committee have just announced that our research paper, "Populating VBS2 with Realistic Virtual Actors", has been accepted for…

New Project for AOS UK

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:07:52 +1100

AOS UK has teamed with IBM (Prime) for one of five DEWC IP (Defence Electronic Warfare Centre Improvement Programme) project concept/assessment studies for the UK Ministry of Defence. These studies…

I/ITSEC 2008

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:26:32 +1100

Orlando, Florida; 1-4 December: This year, the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) was larger and, by all reports, even better attended than last year. Held…

Italian Videogame Developers Conference

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:03:17 +1100

The first Italian Videogame Developers Conference (IVDC) was held today in Milan hosted by the Italian Association for Videogame Culture. Representatives from all of Italy’s major video games…

ASTRAEA – November Update (2008)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:02:55 +1100

Parc Aberporth, West Wales: The old RAF station here is now a technology park dedicated to UAV (Unmanned Air Vehicle) development and testing. As such, it has hosted ASTRAEA (Autonomous Systems…

US Autumn JACK Course

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:35:48 +1100

The last scheduled JACK Course for 2008 was held 13-15 October in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Hosted by Aurora Flight Sciences R&D Center (http://www.aurora.aero), attendees from Aurora and Deere & Co.…

Relocation of Melbourne Product Centre

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:01:11 +1100

The AOS Melbourne Product Centre has relocated to 580 Elizabeth Street. Formerly a boutique art gallery, this Victorian bluestone two-story terrace with baltic pine flooring offers a plush working…

JACK 5.4 and New Logos

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:37:29 +1000

JACK 5.4 is now ready for release – our second upgrade for 2008.

“This new version installs cleanly under all versions of Windows, including Vista,” said JACK Product Manager Paul Maisano, “and it…

JACK Decision-making for Taranis UCAV

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:41:08 +1000

Earlier this year, BAE Systems started assembling the prototype Taranis UCAV (Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle) at their facilities in Warton, UK (see photo). Named after the Celtic thunder god, this big,…

ASTRAEA at Farnborough Airshow 2008

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 15:30:42 +1000

During AOS’s successful week at the Farnborough Airshow (14-18 July), many discussions at our stand in Hall 4 revolved around our part in ASTRAEA (Autonomous System Technology Related Airborne…

Farnborough Air Show, 2008

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:09:20 +1000

Dateline: Hampshire, UK. 14-20 July 2008

This year marks the 60th Anniversary of the Farnborough Air Show. To put that into perspective, one of the feature attractions of that first show in 1948 was…

JACK Courses

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:01:41 +1100

AOS offers courses designed to teach new JACK users how to get the most out of the software. These are fairly thorough three-day events that give students an in-depth look at the JACK development…