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Commercial Games Workshop
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
Joint Strike Fighter
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
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…