DMTC is delighted to announce that the research program in offline programming of automated welding has won Thales Australia’s “The Darryl Page award for Manufacturing Excellence” at Thales’ Annual Awards function on 13 November.
The research has led to increased implementation of offline welding technology in Thales’ production environment since the program commenced. Thales has noted that, although initially scoped for implementation on the Bushmaster Utility Vehicle, the flexibility of the code has led to its adoption for the Bushmaster troop variant and implemented to achieve an continuous improvement from 30% to 80% since program commencement.
DMTC notes in particular the superb work of University of Wollongong researchers, Stephen Pan and Nathan Larkin in leading the development of this technology that has substantially improved productivity for a key industry partner of the Centre.
Posted by DMTC on November 18th, 2012 The Minister for Defence Materiel, The Hon. Jason Clare MP this morning presented a vision for submarine design and construction to delegates of the Submarine Institute of Australia’s 6th biennial conference, in which he likened the project to the Snowy Mountains Scheme project of the mid-20th century, and called for Australian capability to get behind the project and work together to achieve this challenging goal.
The text of Minister Clare’s speech can be found here
DMTC welcomes Minister Clare’s views as outlined in his speech, and notes that success in this activity will of course require significant cooperation, collaboration and innovation from across the relevant Australian industry and technology sectors. DMTC is actively pursuing opportunities to take a key role in this important project via the range of materials and manufacturing technologies which have demonstrated impact on industry capability. We welcome any interested parties enquiries and views in this regard.
Posted by DMTC on November 14th, 2012 DMTC’s 2012 Annual General Meeting was held on 8 November at 24 Wakefield St. Hawthorn, immediately following a detailed briefing on DMTC progress, plans and strategic issues provided to Participant organisations.
Members unanimously endorsed the company strategic plan, aimed at developing future programs for DMTC and further indicated commitment for continued support to DMTC beyond the current contract period.
Bronwyn Constance, Peter Jonson, Roger Lough and David StJohn were re-elected to the Board of Directors, having renominated after compulsory retirement in accordance with the DMTC Constitution.
Posted by DMTC on November 14th, 2012 The Minister for Defence Science & Personnel, The Hon. Warren Snowdon, MP today presented the awards for best research at the 2012 Land Warfare Conference in Melbourne. The awards, sponsored by DMTC, were presented to:
Best poster presentation prize ($1,000) awarded to R. Orr – “Load carriage: reductions in soldier task performance and risks posed”
1st runner-up for best paper ($1,500) awarded to P. Phillips & S. Cimpoeru – “A systems view of vehicle landmine survivability”
Winner, best paper ($2,500) awarded to M. Hossny – “Low cost multimodal facial recognition via Kinect sensors”
DMTC congratulates the winners and all honorable mentions.
Posted by DMTC on November 2nd, 2012