AML Oceanographic (then Applied Microsystems Ltd) was established in Sidney, British Columbia. Originally, AML manufactured only CTDs for the oceanographic industry.

In 1995, AML Oceanographic pioneered time-of-flight sound velocity. Today, we are the vendor of choice for sound velocity measurement for a wide range of marine survey organizations and manufacture...

In March of 2008, AML Oceanographic launched the market’s first – and only – field swappable sound velocity sensor, SV•Xchange™. By listening to our customers, we realized that returning instrument...

In 2013, AML Oceanographic introduced a game-changing technology for in situ deployments with UV•Xchange. The award-winning UV biofouling control is proven to retain consistent data quality for yea...

Headquartered in British Columbia, Canada, AML Oceanographic opened its Dartmouth, Nova Scotia location in 2016 to provide customers with extended support hours, stronger deployment support, and cu...

In 2017, AML Oceanographic acquired the Moving Vessel Profiler (MVP) from Rolls-Royce, enabling us to further help our customers remove unpredictability from their surveys, both technically and fi...

Orange Line arrives! In September 2020, AML Oceanographic debuted the long awaited next generation for our X2•Series Instruments. Learn about our new line of instrumentation

AML expanded the reach of our premium service offerings via the addition of a calibration and service facility in the Netherlands. This addition is designed to decrease the costs associated with ma...

AML turned 50 years old in 2024! We celebrated with our community in the UK and again with our entire team of AMLers from both coasts of Canada.