Centenary of Federation Medal awarded to Gordon Kennett

7 July 2003

Gordon Kennett was awarded the Centenary of Federation Award recently for his "contributions to Australian Society" for his innovation work to establish a in country capability to manufacture, repair and overhaul Flight Critical Flight Controls for the DoD. The citation reads "For service to Defence through capabilities and facilities for the F-111 Fleet".

Gordon’s initial work on F-111s has now been utilised on a range of Air, Land and Maritime Platforms and industrial products, not only providing quality product, but demonstrated cost effective solutions and enhanced life of components and systems.