Nine innovation contracts awarded
Last Updated: 24 June 2020
The Defence Innovation Hub awarded contracts to 9 Australian businesses and universities. The contracts provide a total of $15.1 million in funding.
The Defence Innovation Hub has awarded contracts with a combined value of $15.1 million to nine Australian businesses and universities to develop their innovative technologies.
| Organisation | Contract value | Description of innovation |
|---|---|---|
| Western Sydney University | $5.4 million | To explore the application of advanced neuromorphic sensing technology to deliver detailed imaging capabilities to ground and satellite based sensing systems. This technology has the potential to enhance Australian and allied space situational awareness capabilities. |
| University of Adelaide | $3.0 million | Development of an active exhaust silencer for diesel engines. |
| DefendTex Pty Ltd | $3.0 million | To develop and test the application of sustained supercavitation technology. Projectiles equipped with this technology can enhance subsurface defensive capabilities through countering minefields and inbound torpedos. |
| Agent Oriented Software Pty Ltd | $1.5 million | To demonstrate real-time coordination of intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance assets, including unmanned drones and autonomous vehicles. |
| Marathon Targets Pty Ltd | $1.1 million | To develop an autonomous vehicle target to enhance close combat training by replicating realistic actions of adversaries. |
| Safran Electronics & Defense Australasia Pty Ltd | $308,000 | To enhance the performance of infrared search and track systems, improving the detection of targets in coastal environments. |
| BlueZone Group Pty Ltd | $275,000 | To demonstrate that unmanned surface vehicles can enhance underwater and anti-submarine warfare capability. |
| Defence Materials Technology Centre Ltd (DMTC) | $272,000 | In partnership with Thales Australia Ltd, DMTC will undertake a research and development program with the aim of providing technical advancements to the soldier lethality system, specifically small-arms capability. |
| Inovor Technologies Pty Ltd | $272,000 | To develop sovereign satellite capabilities through enhanced image and object detection. |
