Our services support the full development cycle from simulation validation, bench testing, tank tests through to nearshore and offshore field testing.
The ReefWorks team includes:
- systems engineers
- ICT and digital specialists
- a regulatory compliance expert
- drone pilots
- and technical support.
Tropical marine test ranges
ReefWorks offers three marine test ranges. Drone corridors between these testing areas allow routine performance monitoring of uncrewed platforms.
AIMS Inshore Test Range
Our Inshore Test Range is in a controlled Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Scientific Zone. It caters for shallow, controlled testing in turbid waters off AIMS headquarters at Cape Cleveland across to Cape Bowling Green. It has regulatory sandbox approval for permit-free testing and evaluation of vessels up to 12m, travelling up to 20 knots.
Davies Reef
Davies Reef on the central Great Barrier Reef is a clear-water coral reef range with a sensorised research tower connected to AIMS Cape Cleveland. The Davies Reef test range typically has low currents.
Myrmidon Reef
Myrmidon Reef is a clear-water coral reef range further offshore, with a connected research tower, offering remoteness as a test factor with deeper water and stronger currents.
Marine platform and sensor test facility
RAS-AI sensors and platforms need a tightly controlled environment to gather data to determine performance. ReefWorks offers a sensor test tank facility within the National Sea Simulator (SeaSim). This controlled test environment is ideal to evaluate next-generation marine sensor performance as well as for vehicle/vessel testing.
Test range digital twin
Digital environment testing – or testing an autonomous vessel in a virtual reality environment – is offered through a partnership with NQSPARK. Testing a platform in a virtual environment, using real-time collected data, is a safe and cost-effective way to refine the design in preparation for a tank test or field trial.
NQSPARK is the North Queensland Simulation Park, an advanced environmental training facility. It draws on the expertise of Cubic Defence in collaboration with government, academia, and industry.
