BAE Systems makes finals of the Australian Industry Innovation Awards
It has shortlisted listed 12 Australian-based civil and military innovators.
The awards recognise and reward local companies and individuals at the forefront of aerospace innovation and carry with them a total of $40,000 in cash prizes.
They will be presented in the following categories:
• Defence Industry National Innovation Award
• Civil Industry National Innovation Award
• Defence Industry SME Innovation Grant
• Civil Industry SME Innovation Grant
• Young Innovator Scholarship for Defence Industry
• Young Innovator Scholarship for Civil Industry
The winners will be announced on Tuesday 24th February during the Australian International Airshow and Aerospace and Defence Exposition at Avalon Victoria.
Shortlist:
• Defence Materials Technology Centre Ltd (DMTC), VIC – new, cheaper manufacturing tools and processes for Titanium components
• Quickstep Systems Pty Ltd (NSW) – Quickstep rapid manufacturing process for composite materials
• BAE Systems Pty Ltd (SA) – Implementation of Lean and Continuous Improvement philosophies
• Rosebank Engineering (VIC) – Supersonic Particle Deposition
• Bower Aero (VIC) – Bower Bond plastics repair technology
• Institute of Instrumentation, Control & Automation Inc (IICA) (VIC) – National Course in Pyrometric requirements for Thermal processing
• The Jacobson Flare Pty Ltd (VIC) – Jacobson Flare App to teach landing techniques
• Trakka Corp Pty Ltd (VIC) – A800 helicopter searchlight
• AvSoft Australia Pty Ltd (VIC) – AvPlan Electronic Flight Bag for tablet computers
• Gamechanger Technologies Pty Ltd (VIC) – VForce Morphing aerofoil technology
• Ms Vanessa Claire Lussini (Queensland University of Technology) – Sensors to monitor the breakdown of aircraft and aerostructure surface coatings
• Mr Abdulghani Mohammed (RMIT University) – Phase-Advanced Sensing to reduce effects of turbulence in flight
Aerospace Australia CEO Ian Honnery said Australia has a proud history of aerospace innovation: “For more than a century Australia has been a leading world player in aviation and aerospace engineering, in both peace and war. Australian airlines, the Royal Australian Air Force, the General Aviation community and government regulators have been supported in this by world-class researchers, engineers and manufacturers based in Australia,”
Mr Honnery said: “The 12 companies and individuals shortlisted for these Innovation Awards are maintaining that tradition. Australian innovators have helped make the Royal Australian Air Force a global benchmark for capability and professionalism, while simultaneously creating a century-long tradition of safe and efficient air transport, both domestically and across the globe.”
The Awards will be presented by the Chairman of Aerospace Australia Limited, Air Marshal (Retired) Les Fisher, AO, at the Avalon 2015 Innovation Theatrette.
The winners of the National Civil and Defence Industry Innovation Awards will be presented with a trophy, while the winners of the SME Innovation Grant and the Young Innovator Scholarship will receive cheques for $10,000 each. All 12 Australian innovators shortlisted for the Innovation Awards will be featured at Avalon 2015 in a dedicated Innovation Awards Showcase adjacent to the Avalon 2015 Innovation Theatrette.
“The specially created Innovation Awards Showcase is the perfect platform to present the best of Australian innovation to a global audience of aerospace and defence professionals,” Mr Honnery said.
Avalon 2015 will be held at Avalon Airport, Melbourne, from 24 February to 1 March, 2015.