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to used in a mine setting and then from a Defence perspec- tive, a lot of the end user requirements are the same. For example – Defence needs high performance battery tech- nology that won’t fail, hence it is great to be providing the Australian Defence Force products that have been tested and proven in the Australian mining industry.” Lawn said.
“In addition to that, Defence is digitising, it’s automat- ing. The requirement for battery power is going up expo- nentially on the battlefield. So high performance, safe bat- teries are required, and it appears likely this requirement will increase over the next generation of technologies. In an attempt to cater for this trend, we’re re-conceiving how energy is carried but then also managed across multiple assets on the battlefield. How do we provide a battery with market leading energy density but in a more ergonomic, easier to use package?”
“So say if we’re out on a job and we come into contact with a vehicle, how do we rapidly recharge or bomb up power from a vehicle to the soldier? It started with how do we provide the soldier with a great battery but then it’s moved
into how do we then manage battery power
across the battlefield. It’s a bigger scope.”
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products and they’ve coached us through the business side of the relationship, they’ve been really supportive, they’re just genuinely good people to work with and work for.
“They’ve also introduced us to more partners along the way. I think they actually care about setting up sovereign capability. In some cases, people seem to use that as a throwaway line but they actually care. We’re very grateful to be involved in the project!”
ACACIA SYSTEMS
Acacia Systems is a 100 per cent Australian-owned and controlled company based in Adelaide, South Australia.
“We have been supporting the ADF for almost 30 years and have a proven track record of delivering innovative projects for Defence,” Ted Huber, Acacia Founder and
Chairman said to ADM.
From the development of ECCM solutions
for F/A-18 fighters on behalf of DSTG in the 1990’s through to advanced detect and track systems in service with the RAN today, Aca- cia has an outstanding team of scientists, mathematicians, software and hardware de- velopers and engineers designing and deliv- ering high-end software systems.
While the company is relatively small at this point with 35 people on the books, more than a quarter of them have a Defence/vet- eran background. “We want people who will have a crack and get things done,” Lawn said. “Veterans are great at that.
“EOS, Matt Jones and Jen Whitehead are
absolute legends,” Lawn said in dealing with
the collaboration partners. “They’ve been so
to work with from a defence prime perspective. They’ve been the opposite of hard to work with and they’ve just been very encouraging. We’ve been focused on trying to make good
The company maintains significant depth of skills in the areas of data fusion, tracking, sensor performance, data analysis and environmental mathe- matical modelling. Translating these into advanced deployed systems is achieved through the application of disciplined
systems, software and hardware engineering practice.
“THE REQUIREMENT FOR BATTERY POWER ON THE BATTLEFIELD IS GOING UP EXPONENTIALLY.”
good and easy
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