Agent Oriented Software (AOS) is at the forefront of the revolutionary new field of autonomous and semi-autonomous systems.  Its software provides decision-making capability that underlies autonomy.  Current applications include decision support, oil production management, autonomous air and underwater vehicles, as well as advanced military simulation systems, with potential application to other industries such as intelligent motor vehicles and the financial industry.

AOS's products, JACK® and C-BDI™, provide this capability and can be used in many ways: deployed on board an autonomous vehicle or an oil platform; or as part of an IT system as an intelligent assistant.  Autonomous decision-making capability lies at the heart of our products. As part of a lineage spanning nearly two decades, this technology is the culmination of a process of continuous research and development that began in the late 1980s with autonomous fault diagnosis for the Space Shuttle.

AOS is a partner in the UK national autonomous UAS programme, ASTRAEA.  ASTRAEA is jointly funded by industry and government agencies led by the Technology Strategy Board. The €35M second phase will commence in 2010.  The ASTRAEA partners are working in collaboration with the UK Civil Aviation Authority on the means to clear autonomous UAS flight in unsegregated airspace without restriction.

AOS is involved in two other major UAS R&D programmes.  It is a partner in the Systems Engineering for Autonomous Systems Defence Technology Centre (SEAS DTC), and leads a programme into how to incrementally clear autonomous software systems as part of the UK Ministry of Defence’s Software Systems Engineering Initiative (SSEI)

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