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Defence Industry Grant Programs - opening 18 June 24! The revised Defence Industry Development Grants Program (the program) will award grants over four years from 2024-25 to 2027-28. The program was announced as part of the Defence Industry Development Strategy. The objective of the program is to build the industrial base Australia needs to achieve Defence outcomes in areas of strategic priority. The Defence Industry Development Grants Program funds four distinct grant opportunity streams tailored to address the program outcomes: *Sovereign Industrial Priorities *Skilling *Exports *Security. The Exports stream provides support for SMEs to overcome export barriers and help defence industry build scale and competitiveness in defence capability priority areas as identified by the Sovereign Defence Industrial Priorities described in the Defence Industry Development Strategy. For more information: https://lnkd.in/gbgM4PRr and speak to your ODIS representative. #australiandefenceindustry #teamdefenceaustralia #australia #defenceindustry #supplychains #australianbusiness #grants #australiandefence #skilling #australianexports

The new Defence Industry Development Grant program, scheduled to start in June, will continue the work of the Defence Global Competitiveness (DGC) and Sovereign Industrial Capability Priority (SICP) grants. These previous programs have collectively awarded over $104 million through 239 grants, significantly boosting local manufacturing and employment. This program will further enhance Australian businesses' capabilities in key areas like sovereign industrial priorities, exports, skilling, and security.

📣 Applications for the Defence Industry Development Grant (DIDG) program open tomorrow and will remain continuously open. Eligible Australian businesses can begin preparing an application to any of the four streams which include Sovereign Industrial Priorities, Exports, Skilling, and Security. The Defence Industry Development Grant program provides up to $39 million per year until mid-2028 to support small or medium sized Australian businesses operating in the defence sector to enhance their capabilities, capacity and security posture. Initial batch opportunities for the Exports and Skilling streams will close on 31 July 2024 and initial batch opportunities for the Sovereign Industrial Priorities and Security streams will close on 31 August 2024. For more information and to apply: https://lnkd.in/gBWgKnaf

Opportunities for Queensland SMEs in Defence and Aerospace Hello Queensland SMEs! Are you in the defence, aerospace, or space sectors and looking to expand your capabilities? The Queensland Government has just announced a fantastic grant program, and here at Markstone Group, we're excited to guide you through leveraging this opportunity to its fullest. Here’s what’s on offer: Grant Benefits: Secure between $5,000 and $30,000 in matched funding to help your business obtain internationally recognised certifications. If you're an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander business, you can access up to 75% funding. There’s a total of $1.5 million available in this funding round. Strategic Focus: This round is specifically looking for businesses that can enhance capabilities in cutting-edge fields like undersea technologies, quantum technologies, AI and autonomy, and more. These are essential for competing in the AUKUS Pillar II areas. Key Certifications: Certifications like ISO 9001:2015, SAE AS9100D:2016, and ISO 27001:2022 are included among the eligible options. These are crucial for businesses aiming to enhance their quality, security, and operational standards in the defence sector. Eligibility: This opportunity is open to Queensland SMEs with fewer than 200 employees who are deeply involved or have the capability to engage in the defence and aerospace supply chains. Why Partner with Markstone Group: At Markstone Group, we specialize in helping businesses like yours navigate the complexities of obtaining government grants. By acquiring these certifications, not only does your business stand to gain an edge in operational excellence, but it also opens up extensive new avenues for growth and partnership in both national and international arenas. Take Action: Let’s work together to position your business at the forefront of Queensland’s innovation in defence. Reach out to us to discuss how we can support your application and maximize your chances of success. Let’s make a significant impact in the defence industry together! #MarkstoneGroup #DefenceInnovation #QueenslandBusiness #Aerospace #SpaceIndustry #Grants #SMEs #BusinessGrowth #Certification #AUKUS

Opportunity and Innovation: The Defence Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Action Plan 🔦 Why is that the title of this post? ❗ It was published in Jan 2022 to allow defence to increase its engagement and change behaviours to ensure that a diverse and sustainable UK defence supply chain is developed, contributing to the strength of our Union and increasing national prosperity. We are growing, founded in 2009 with a handful of people, we have now outgrown our current home and have taken on more people across the business to bolster our offer as an agile SME. 🚀 Our key aim: ⚠ To provide innovative, rapidly prototyped, credible, user designed products to support UK defence. Ultimately to enhance defence capability across multiple domains, protecting UK AF personnel. 🤝 We have seen a shift in recent years, but believe more can be done between SME's - Primes and SME-SME, with a greater emphasis on collaboration to solve problems face on the front line today. If you are a UK SME that has an idea and wishes to develop it, with the aspiration of delivering it into UK Defence, reach out! We are all ears! 👂 If you are a prime that needs a problem solving rapidly, please shout. 📣 We have extensive experience and knowledge in rapidly developing products and submitting responses to defence tenders. We firmly believe collaboration will deliver the products are AF need. #sme #collaboration #defenceprime #ukdefence #innovation

Exciting news for Australian Defence Industry and another reason to join Gateway by ICN! Today, the Albanese Government unveiled a groundbreaking strategy to fortify our nation's defence capabilities and bolster support for Australian industry. The release of the Defence Industry Development Strategy (DIDS) signals a new era of collaboration and growth in the defence sector. ICN has been referenced as a key data source. What are the key highlights? ✅Sovereign Defence Industrial Priorities: Outlines critical areas where Australian industry can make a significant impact. ✅Increased funding: Additional funding of $183.8 million allocated to defence industry grant programs. ✅Strategic collaboration: Closer collaboration between Defence and industry partners, fostering innovation, resilience, and competitiveness. “ICN works across multiple sectors and our aim is to ensure that supply chains are resilient and sustainable, so that we can grow and build Sovereign Capability” said ICN National Office, CEO, Warren Jansen. As part of ICN, we're dedicated to empowering local suppliers and facilitating access to Defence projects. Sign up today and join Gateway by ICN to receive alerts of newly listed projects and work packages, and take advantage of Gateway’s key features, such as automated Quad Charts and Capability Statements, relevant tools to promoting sovereign capability. Visit https://lnkd.in/gJNXtbT to sign up and explore the possibilities! Read the Defence Industry Development Strategy here: https://lnkd.in/g-f2jmBM Industry Capability Network Industry Capability Network ACT Industry Capability Network - Victoria Industry Capability Network - Northern Territory (ICN NT) Industry Capability Network - Queensland (ICN QLD) Industry Capability Network - NSW Industry Capability Network - SA Industry Capability Network - WA ICN Tasmania Warren Jansen #DefenceIndustry #ICNGateway #AustralianIndustry #SovereignCapability #Collaboration #Innovation #ICN #ICN40 #Capability #SME #Projects

Exciting and important announcement for the Defence industry in Victoria and nationally, with particular reference to the role of the Industry Capability Network (ICN): page 12: “...Defence is working on analysing and mapping our sovereign defence industrial base and its many supply chains. This includes our collaboration with trusted international partners, including assessments of capability, capacity and resilience to meet Defence’s requirements. Defence will draw on a range of information sources to build this data, including the Industry Capability Network...” page 43: “...Industrial intelligence capability. Defence is building its industry and market intelligence, which will offer greater insights into the capability and capacity of defence industry. This is critical for the early stages of developing capability initiatives and informing industry engagement, solicitation and tender evaluation strategies. Access to analytical tools, market research and industry engagement is key to delivering capability at speed. The Industry Capability Network platform is a key example of an industry data source that is capable of supporting this approach. This capability will assist in building a resilient industrial base, by providing the information needed to assess the capacity, size, and scale to meet Australian defence needs...” Industry Capability Network - Victoria Katherine Smith Nick Foa Jennifer Peck BSc Tariro Makwasha Lynn Johnsonn Peter McCracken #HelpLocalWin #defenceindustry #localjobs #defenceinnovation

Commercial X has made changes to our tender notices for services and works contracts, helping MOD procurement teams re-procure services quickly and cost-efficiently, without needing to go back out to market. Utilising regulation 16(1)(d)(ii)) will allow services which have been successfully delivered to be scaled or repeated at pace within five years, for the same or other MOD customers. This encourages collaboration and sharing of best commercial practices across Defence. This improvement demonstrates Commercial X’s commitment to drive pace and agility into procurement across Defence and accelerate procurement processes for the benefit of our frontline forces. Learn more about Commercial X ⬇️ #CommercialX #DefenceAcquisition #DefenceProcurement #ScalingatPace

An exciting next stage for Commercial X as it plans to transition into a permanent team! This will build on the positive changes it is already making to accelerate the procurement process and help suppliers to engage with the MOD.

CCAB is proud to announce the companies selected to participate in the Indigenous Business Defence Sector Accelerator Program. The program will provide opportunities for Indigenous businesses in Canada, which are traditionally underrepresented in supply chains, to engage with defence industry suppliers. The inaugural sponsors for the program, General Dynamics' business units in Canada, Land Systems–Canada, Mission Systems–Canada, and Ordnance and Tactical Systems–Canada reviewed 28 submissions from businesses looking to participate in the program. The successful applicants are:   Acosys Consulting Services Inc. Cota Aviation Gestion ADC MBS Techservices Inc LaFlesche Plastics Xtended Hydraulics & Machine “A big congratulations to the inaugural candidates of the Indigenous Business Defence Sector Accelerator Program. They will have the opportunity to participate in a bespoke supplier development program and expand their network and further engage with the defence sector supply chain,” said Philip Ducharme, vice president of entrepreneurship & procurement at CCAB.    Read the press release to learn more: https://bit.ly/3stysKg #IndigenousBuisiness #Defence #Procurement #EconomicDevelopment #IndigenousPartnerships #SupplyChange #BuyIndigenous #FirstNations #Metis #Inuit #IndigenousProcurement