LAND FORCES 2022 INNOVATION AWARDS

The Winners of the LAND FORCES 2022 Innovation Awards have been announced!

Two Australian innovators have been named winners of the LAND FORCES 2022 Innovation Awards. Their success was announced on Tuesday 4 October at the LAND FORCES 2022 International Land Defence Exposition in Brisbane by LTGEN (retired) Ken Gillespie, AO, AC, DSC, CSM, the former Chief of Army and a Director of the event organiser, AMDA Foundation Limited.

The winners were announced during the Innovation Awards presentation ceremony on the first day of LAND FORCES 2022, 1400-1500 Tuesday 4 October, LAND FORCES Hub 1 presentation room.

The winners are:

• LAND FORCES 2022 National Innovation Award: Pentarch Pty Limited (VIC) for developing the Damocles robotic handling, safety inspection and disarming system for live high explosive and illuminating artillery ammunition.
  
  
• LAND FORCES 2022 SME Innovation Award: Pentarch Pty Limited (VIC) for developing the Damocles robotic handling, safety inspection and disarming system for live high explosive and illuminating artillery ammunition.
  
  
• LAND FORCES 2022 Young Innovator Award: Mr James Tsarouhas, Anywise (VIC) for his work on designing and integrating the sensor array for the Fleet Agnostic Bridge Health and Usage Monitoring System, FABHUMS, making military bridges safer and more reliable.
  
  

To see videos of the winners, click on their names.

 

In addition, three Award contenders were Highly Commended:

• LAND FORCES 2022 National Innovation Award HIGH COMMENDATION: DMTC Pty Limited (VIC) for leading a team that has developed a rapid diagnostic system that enables diagnosis in minutes of COVID and other viruses and bacteria that can afflict deployed troops.
  
  
• LAND FORCES 2022 Defence SME Innovation Award HIGH COMMENDATION: Tekuma (SA) for developing the Easy Manoeuvre Unit (EMU), incorporating a patented Tekuma control orb as a universal controller for robots.
  
  
• LAND FORCES 2022 Young Innovator Award HIGH COMMENDATION: Mr Lachlan Clark, Anywise (VIC) for his work on the software, Graphical User Interface (GUI) and data management system of the Fleet Agnostic Bridge Health and Usage Monitoring System, FABHUMS.

LAND FORCES 2022 organiser AMDA Foundation launched the Innovation Awards ten years ago to recognise and reward local companies and individuals at the forefront of innovation. Since they were first presented in 2013, AMDA has presented Young Innovator and SME Innovation Awards to a total value of more than $455,000.

The LAND FORCES Innovation Awards were created by the AMDA Foundation Limited and driven by our altruistic purpose: to promote the development of Australia’s industrial, manufacturing and information/communications technology resources in the fields of aviation, aerospace, maritime, defence and security. They recognise and reward innovation by Australian individuals and organisations at the forefront of defence innovation in products, services and business processes in the land domain.

They were presented for the first time six years ago at Avalon 2013. Since then some $485,000-worth of SME Innovation Grants and Young Innovator Awards have been presented, including the Cheques presented at LAND FORCES 2022.

For further information please contact:

Gregor Ferguson
Executive Manager, Innovation & Industry Engagement
AMDA Foundation Limited
PO Box 4095
GEELONG  3220
Victoria
gferguson@amda.com.au
Tel: 0414 803 717