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AusDIP Reporting 2.0 is now live in AusDIP – providing real-time, anonymised insights into what’s happening across the Australian defence industry.
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Australia’s drone industry has officially entered a new era of professionalism, collaboration, and opportunity with the launch of the Mirragin Australian Drone Ecosystem (MADE).
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Australia is making again. But this time it’s not about competing on cheap inputs or scale alone — it’s about advanced manufacturing: the smart integration of digital tools, automation, and specialised skills that deliver higher-value products and services. BenchOn launched new capability categories focused on Advanced Manufacturing, making it easier for contractors, defence primes and…
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BenchOn is thrilled to announce that our CEO and Co-Founder, Tim Walmsley, has been awarded “Executive of the Year” at the 2025 Defence Industry Awards.
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Discover the must-attend defence industry events in 2025, including the ADM Space Summit, ADM Congress, and AUKUS Pillar II Conference. Learn how to connect with decision-makers, showcase your capabilities, and secure your place in the defence supply chain.
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AusDIP has new capabilities which opens the door to more projects managing and suppliers.
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Tim Walmsley, CEO BenchOn, has been announced as a finalist in the Executive of the Year category at the 2025 Australian Defence Industry Awards, recognising his longstanding commitment to innovation, industry collaboration, and defence capability development in Australia.
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Australian Defence Industry Portal (AusDIP) now supports JOSCAR accreditation details in your Company Profile. This highly requested feature improves visibility and trust for suppliers and project managers. AusDIP does the capability matching and industry mapping, and JOSCAR does the vetting and certification. This creates a complete market vetting and canvassing process to help generate speed to capability in…
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The Defence industry has many requirements that businesses must meet before they can supply goods or services. This makes it hard for Defence Primes to find the right suppliers quickly. It also makes it difficult for small and medium businesses (SMEs) to break into the industry. To continue to improve procurement processes, Hellios Information, JOSCAR…
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The AutoGen AI event ‘The Transformative Impact of AI on Defence’ in Canberra brought together key voices to discuss AI in Defence procurement. The discussion focused on how artificial intelligence (AI) – and all its disciplines such as Generative AI, Machine Learning, and Computer Vision – is shaping the future of national security. As AI…
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