Awarded IDEaS COVID-19 Challenge

DEW Engineering is pleased to announce that it has been selected for a DND Funding Award in the amount of $199,510 to develop a concept for a High Temperature Sanitizing Heating Apparatus to defeat COVID-19. The award will be made under the IDEaS COVID-19 Challenge called "Super Sanitize: Cleaning Sensitive Equipment and Workspaces."

DEW Engineering responded to the COVID-19 Challenge which seeks innovations in the following areas:

  • sanitization of workspaces;
  • pandemic decision making;
  • e-using protective equipment; and
  • moral trauma on the frontline.

For more information on the COVID-19 Challenge visit the DND IDEaS page here: https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/news/2021/03/dnd-invests-in-canadian-solutions-to-covid-19-challenges.html