Nova Systems partners on training and technology

Nova Systems and the University of Tasmania’s Australian Maritime College (AMC) have committed to a future strategic partnership to deliver the latest in Test and Evaluation (T&E) capability development, autonomous underwater vehicle and underwater AI testing. This enhanced partnership leverages the strengths of both organisations and supports the delivery of Nova Systems’ world-leading T&E Advanced Course and T&E Centre of Excellence initiative. After the successful pilot delivery of the Advanced Course to Australian Defence Force and industry clients earlier this year, Nova Systems is announcing new dates for 2025 commencing in February at the AMC. “Nova has been investing in T&E including synthetics and digital mission engineering, as well as importantly developing training to equip T&E practitioners in Defence and industry with the skills and knowledge to deliver world-leading capability,” Nova Systems CEO Dean Rosenfield said. “Our Advanced Course comprises the latest international best-practice, covering autonomous systems and AI testing in the real-world, as well as incorporating digital environments and tools including modelling and simulation. Undersea capabilities and autonomous systems are priority areas for AUKUS Pillar II and our partnership with AMC enables us to access Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) testing ranges, laboratories and domain specialists. Nova Systems has also invested in a fleet of Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) specifically for developing methods for validating the digital mission engineering simulations of systems-of-systems of uncrewed and autonomous systems.” Two key focus areas of Nova Systems’ T&E Centre of Excellence have been around future workforce skilling and the impact of evolving capability assurance approaches. In the past 12 months, Nova has performed more than 8,000 hours of T&E capability development, training and practitioner development under the Centre of Excellence banner. This is part of the company’s efforts to mitigate an identified shortfall of skilled T&E practitioners identified in the Defence Industry Development Strategy of more than 400 in 2024. The Advanced T&E Practitioner Course comprises four weeks of intensive and immersive T&E training split into two modules where clients learn advanced theory and practical skills for testing real-world uncrewed and autonomous systems enabled with AI target classification algorithms. For Editorial Inquiries Contact : Editor Kym Bergmann at [email protected] For Advertising Inquiries Contact: Group Sales Director Simon Hadfield at [email protected]