AI platform launched to meet new Defence Digital Engineering Strategy

Industry

06 August 2024

By: Reporter

HMAS Sydney berthed alongside Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024. Twenty-nine nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, more than 150 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, 27 June 27 to 1 August. RIMPAC 2024 is the 29th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (Image has been digitally altered) Photo: LSIS Daniel Goodman

Industry has provided a new artificial intelligence-powered platform to disrupt clunky defence industry procurement, as Defence announces the new Defence Digital Engineering Strategy.

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A new era of technology is unlocking the opportunity for businesses positioned to deliver works to Defence projects via a mapping system working in real time.

The Australian Defence Digital Industry Matrix (ADDIM) is the first of its kind, designed to speed up and address operational gaps when working within Australia’s defence industry.

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The platform, which is AI (artificial intelligence) powered, has been built specifically for industry, and in support of Australia’s strategic demands set out by the government.

The platform launch, which already has more than 2,000 businesses signed up to its portal, coincides with the federal government’s new Defence Digital Engineering Strategy announced this week.

The federal government, by launching this strategy, has recognised the very issues the ADDIM is already addressing.

Created by parent company BenchOn, founder Tim Walmsley said users of ADDIM have already begun experiencing the business benefits of the portal which streamlines processes by better connecting people, capability, and data.

“Up until now, companies haven’t known where to go to access work within the defence industry,” Walmsley said.

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“ADDIM has removed the barriers to accessing work by democratising the business landscape.

“The portal gives businesses the opportunity to apply for work on-demand.”

The Australian Digital Defence Industry Matrix is free to suppliers and various subscription options available to companies with project requirements.

“ADDIM allows suppliers and project teams to connect seamlessly through the system’s ability to rapidly map industry projects with the businesses needed to help deliver them,” Walmsley said.

“It provides market capability insights to users and automatically notifies suppliers when a project fits their people, product or materials.”