L3Harris Demos Live Underwater Autonomy @ Winterfest 2021 in Australia
capabilities during the 2021 Winterfest at Lake Saint Clair in Tasmania, Australia.L3Harris was a participant in this year's Winterfest event, August 3-6, demonstrating its Iver Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) conducted by MTS. AMC Search, the training and consultancy division of the Australian Maritime College, hosted its annual Autonomous Maritime System(AMS) event at Lake Saint Clair to conduct individual and collaborative capabilities while fostering and developing relationships amongst Australian AMS users within academia, defense and industry.“Our relationship with MTS and its sister
For the Royal Australian Navy, Technological Leap Starts Small
at Sydney’s Pittwater area. Stephen said the Bluefin-12 has now also completed acceptance trials at Pittwater.Lt. Cmdr. John Sutherland, who command s MWT 16, said RAN’s joint commitment to training with Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) and industry partners such as the Australian Maritime College, is bolstering the team’s capacity to hit the Initial Operating Capability milestone.“We’ve been working with partners to upskill our people in the operation of AUV technology and provide them with invaluable underpinning AUV knowledge required to execute activities,&rdquo
Ashtead Hires Munjal in Singapore
new clients. Prior to joining Ashtead, Munjal was business development manager at James Fisher Subsea Excavation, where he was responsible for securing new business with oil and gas majors and contractors, across APAC. A Bachelor of Engineering graduate from the Australian Maritime College, Munjal’s role as regional sales manager will also see him support Ashtead in the development of innovative, cost-effective engineered measurement solution offerings
IMarEST Supports Research into Collaborative Autonomous Fleets
FOX (Fleet Operations and eXpeditions), which aims to “establish distributed intelligence into an autonomous marine vehicle fleet to exhibit collaborative behaviors.” Thompson holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Naval Architecture, and is a PhD candidate at the Australian Maritime College of the University of Tasmania. Greg Hellessey from the IMarEST’s Victoria Branch said that Thompson’s research was chosen because of its global potential: “Out of all the applications from across Australia, Fletcher’s was an absolute stand-out in that it
Arctic Explorer AUV Ordered in Australia
Council (ARC) Antarctic Gateway Partnership project. This Explorer will be ISE’s fourth under-ice capable AUV that builds on the success of Theseus and the two Arctic Explorer vehicles owned and operated by Natural Resources Canada. This Explorer is destined for the Australian Maritime College, a specialist institute of UTAS, and will be used by the Antarctic Gateway Partnership (AGP), an Australian Government funded initiative to build further polar research capability in Tasmania. AGP Theme 4 (Marine Technology and Polar Environments) Leader and AMC Principal, Professor
Australia, Japan Partner for Hydrodynamics Research
submarine needs, the results from the research will have broad applicability to Australia’s future maritime projects.” The collaborative research program will involve experimental work at facilities in Japan as well as at the DST Group laboratory in Melbourne and the Australian Maritime College in the University of Tasmania. Dr Zelinsky said researchers from both countries had already visited each other’s facilities and scoped the collaborative work to be undertaken. “Our defence scientists are very excited at the prospect of working with their Japanese
A New Era of Antarctic Exploration: AUVs in Polar Science
beneath Antarctic ice shelves (much deeper and more challenging).” The grant is funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC) under its Special Research Initiatives scheme and includes the University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) and the Australian Maritime College, the CSIRO’s Oceans and Atmosphere Flagship, and the Australian Antarctic Division. Due to its proximity to Antarctica, Tasmania is an international gateway for both scientific research and logistic support. On some level the different nations are in Antarctica for sovereignty
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