Australia awards $16.5 million in defence grants

Grants to strengthen South Australia’s role in defence manufacturing – Defence SA

Ten South Australian companies will share in more than $2.78 million through the first round of the Australian Government’s Defence Industry Development Grants. Designed to assist small to medium enterprises build the nation’s sovereign capability, the grants focus on export, skilling, security, and sovereign industrial priorities. Recipients are using the funding to strengthen security postures, acquire advanced manufacturing equipment and upsk…

Australia awards $16.5 million in defence grants

The Australian government has awarded grants to more than 50 businesses across the country that provide priority defence capabilities with the funding supporting hundreds of jobs and a future made in Australia. The first rounds of the Defence Industry Development Grants program have been completed, with 58 grants worth $16.5 million awarded to Defence suppliers in four streams, including export, skilling, security and sovereign industrial priori…