Advanced Ocean Systems (AOS) was founded in late 2021 with a singular mission: to support offshore operators with the custom engineering, manufacturing, and installation services needed to manage cradle-to- grave ocean systems projects. Today, as a Small Business, AOS offers a unique spectrum of capabilities designed to integrate autonomous and remote systems—from seabed to the surface—into the at-sea operations of the defense, offshore energy, subsea infrastructure, and scientific markets.
While a relatively new name to the market, AOS is backed by over 45 years of highly specialized marine engineering product design; more than 20 years of fielding breakthrough uncrewed marine technology platforms; and nearly 25 years of delivering complex subsea system integration and multistakeholder project management. Such weighty credentials—afforded the Group by its well-established subsidiaries, SeaRobotics, Ocean Specialists, and Okeanus Science & Technology—have allowed AOS to establish a unique position in the ocean systems integration market.
A CAPABILITIES COMPANY
AOS is laser focused on bringing cost-effective technical innovation and systems integration expertise to the field, be that a battlefield, offshore energy field, or any other marine environment. Central to the Group’s ambitions is the steady introduction, integration, and expansion of autonomous and remote systems, common ground to AOS’ affiliate companies:
SeaRobotics offers both commercial-off-the-shelf USVs and fully custom options, with rapidly deployable, fully integrated models (SR Surveyor Class), mid-sized units designed to offer greater in-field versatility and pair with interchangeable payloads (SR Utility Class), and a series of larger USVs that maximize range and endurance in challenging waters (SR Endurance Class).
Ocean Specialists has completed over 200 international projects for government and commercial partners around the globe, designing and delivering end-to-end project management, supplier integration services, and the evaluation, planning, and installations of critical seabed infrastructure, such as submarine cable networks and subsea nodes.
Okeanus has fielded a growing range of heavy-duty winches and custom LARS to deploy uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs), remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), as well as other subsea assets. In addition, Okeanus offers an extensive pool of leased equipment that can be mobilized quickly from strategic locations.
But it is the sum of these parts, and the cross-company synergies that AOS prioritizes in its collective offering, that demands attention.
READY TO SERVE
The rate at which the ocean industry embraces true autonomy will undoubtedly hinge on the capacity for trusted system developers to pool their refined talents to rapidly assess, develop, and scale practical solutions that effectively leverage the promise of remote operations.
AOS’ unique expertise in creating custom solutions for such a broad range of clients over almost a century of documented collective systems R&D know-how places the Group in a unique position to satisfy our customer’s critical needs for autonomous and remote solutions, from seabed to surface, and from rapid prototyping to full- scale system developments.
This spotlight appeared in ON&T’s 2024 – 2025 Uncrewed Vehicle Buyers’ Guide, to read more access the magazine here.