The Defence Teaming Centre’s annual Defence Industry Dinner and Awards Ceremony at the Adelaide Convention Centre has shone a light on the best practice innovation, collaboration and skills development that is shaping the Australian defence industry at what is arguably the most pivotal period in its history.
The event is the Defence Teaming Centre's most prestigious attracting nearly 700 guests from across Australia including senior representatives from the Department of Defence, representatives from State and Federal Government, Defence Primes, and Australian industry. The awards component of the evening recognises achievements under the categories of Innovation, Skilling and Teaming.
Innovation Award Winner | QuantX Labs
QuantX is a deep technology company and world leader in precision timing and quantum sensing devices. Headquartered at Lot 14, QuantX Labs’ flagship product, Cryoclock, delivers the world’s most pure and stable electronic signals. The culmination of twenty years of research, Cryoclock’s signals have a purity that is 100-1000 times higher than that of any other device. This performance is the equivalent of a clock being in error by just 1 second in 40 million years. The Cryoclock is being manufactured for inclusion into the Australian Defence Forces’ Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN), allowing Defence forces surveillance to see smaller items at a greater distance.
Furthering their suite in precision timing, QuantX is also developing the next-generation optical atomic clock that has already demonstrated incredible reliability and precision, as well as an extremely sensitive quantum magnetometer, that basically makes the water and ground transparent contributing to both Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) and subterranean intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) activities.
Runners up in this category were Consunet Pty Ltd, nominated for their delivery of a state-of-the-art ElectroMagnetic Battle Management solution to Defence, and Stärke-AMG company VPG-Innovation for their Rapid Response Clamp which has achieved significant commercial success across the globe, netting customers in ten countries and on five continents.
Skilling Award Winner | Para Bellum Solutions
The Skilling Award, which recognises members that have developed an internal training program which addresses skills shortage to the benefit of the Defence sector, was presented to specialist provider of diverse management consulting services and veteran-owned business, Para Bellum Solutions. Para Bellum’s Solutions Upskilling Program will see their employees complete more than 100 credentials by 2026. The initiative offers certified courses in project and program management, change management and integrated logistics, as well as ICT and cyber security training, all of which are key areas that benefit Defence clients and Industry.
Para Bellum’s Solutions Upskilling Program will see their employees complete more than 100 credentials by 2026. The initiative offers certified courses in project and program management, change management and integrated logistics, as well as ICT and cyber security training, all of which are key areas that benefit Defence clients and Industry. Para Bellum Solutions is training 90% of its staff, the majority of which are defence veterans or still serving in the Army Reserves. Courses are on offer continuously, to improve critical skills and contemporary knowledge. Para Bellum Solutions is proud to support the professional growth of its employees, particularly those who have served our nation. Para Bellum Solutions is also a proactive member of the Veterans SA, SA Veteran Employer Network.
Runners-up in this category were Shoal Group Pty Ltd and Ascent Pty Ltd.
Teaming Award Winners | Axiom Precision Manufacturing, CruxML, RFTEQ and Ebor Systems
The winners of the Teaming Award for industry collaboration on a project were Axiom Precision Manufacturing, CruxML, RFTEQ and Ebor Systems. These four businesses collaborated to create the ‘ACRE’ project which delivered a Complex Adaptive Threat Jammer Technology (CATJAT) solution for the ADF. CATJAT micro will aim to deliver a technology leading solution to Radio Frequency (RF) transmitter denial and deterrence. Through high speed, high accuracy, wide band detection and suppression, CATJAT micro will enable the operator to manoeuvre safely through highly congested RF environments on the frontline and provide a significant Electronic Warfare (EW) capability to Defence while offering an innovative, easy to use, Improvised Explosive Device (IED) protection solution to the user.
Runners up in the category were the collaborations of Neumann Space, Redarc Defence & Space and CNES, as well as Hendon Semiconductors and PMB Defence.
Tony Martin Defence Industry Achievement Award Winner | Kim Scott
This year’s Tony Martin Defence Industry Achievement Award was presented to Kim Scott. The recipient of this award is selected by the chair of the Defence Teaming Centre in collaboration with the board to recognise an individual from amongst the DTC membership who has demonstrated an ongoing commitment to the success of the Defence industry. Kim Scott has been part of Defence Industry for over 30 years and currently serves on the board of numerous successful Defence companies including QuantX labs, REDARC Defence and Space, PMB Defence, Codan, Silentium amongst others. Mr Scott has been instrumental in the success of these companies and is well respected across industry for his personal drive, integrity and ability to support company growth in the Australian and global defence markets and is thus a very fitting recipient of this prestigious award.
