South Australia’s Defence and Space Industries Assistant Minister Michael Brown has opened the production line for the MDS-20 Dual-Sensor Countermine Detector at Codan’s Mawson Lakes headquarters.
Minister Brown said: “Codan is a great example of South Australian innovation and its global impact, all made possible through local engineering, local high-tech experts, right here in Mawson Lakes.
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“This production line will save lives, not only those of the defence personnel using the MDS-20 detector, but also of Minelab’s international defence and humanitarian customers using this homegrown capability to protect their own communities.”
The MDS-20 detector, designed and developed by Minelab, a Codan company, incorporates both metal detection and ground-penetrating radar technologies.
This combination allows the detector to locate low-metal landmines and improvised explosive device (IED) components.
The device builds on Minelab’s portfolio, including the F3 humanitarian demining detector.
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By GlobalDataDesigned for use in military and humanitarian operations, it enables reliable detection of low-metal mines, plastic explosives, and complex improvised explosive devices across various soil types and conditions.
Codan managing director and CEO Alf Ianniello said: “The MDS-20 represents the next evolution of Australian innovation, designed, engineered and manufactured by our team in Mawson Lakes for customers around the world.”
Codan’s expansion over the past four years has seen its global workforce rise from 250 to 1,000 employees. The company currently exports products to more than 150 countries and supplies detection and communications equipment to defence forces, public safety organisations and humanitarian agencies.
