Greg Dunstone has been awarded the 2011 Lawrence Hargrave Award in recognition of his pioneering work and leadership with Airservices Australia's ADS-B initiatives.
The Lawrence Hargrave Award is presented every two years and recognises achievement at all levels and in all disciplines of aerospace within Australia.
The prestigious award, presented by the Australian division of the Royal Aeronautical Society in Canberra last night, recognises Dunstone’s leadership in the implementation of Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) technology in Australia, the Asia-Pacific Region and around the world.
Greg Dunstone has led Airservices Australia’s ADS-B initiatives since proposing the first trial in 2000, and his efforts have seen Australia become the first country with ADS-B coverage over the entire continent. Dunstone’s work on ADS-B over the last decade has also seen him appointed to a number of committees planning the introduction of ADS-B around the world and his advice is regularly sought internationally.
Airservices CEO Greg Russell said Dunstone had led the organisation’s ADS-B initiatives since the first trial in 2000 and was the driving force behind the successful deployment of the technology.
“Greg is the father of ADS-B in Australia,” former vice president of AOPA, Brian Hannan, who worked with Dunstone in the formative years of ADS-B in Australia, said.
Initially specialising in radar and ATC automation engineering, Dunstone is currently responsible for strategic planning of all ATC surveillance systems for Airservices including ATC radar, multilateration, and ADS-B.
Prior to his work on ADS-B, Dunstone, who is a 40-year veteran of Airservices, was the technical lead on the Radar Sensor Procurement Programme (RASPP) and the lead engineer for the introduction of The Australian Advanced Air Traffic System (TAAATS).
Greg Dunstone after receiving the 2011 Lawrence Hargraves Award. (Airservices Australia)
