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Australian Defence Industry Portal: Connecting Businesses to Defence Industry Opportunities
The Australian Defence Industry Portal (AusDIP) is helping businesses connect with defence industry opportunities by improving visibility across the national defence ecosystem. As projects grow in complexity, organisations need clearer insight into where capabilities exist and how they can collaborate across the supply chain. This article explores how AusDIP helps businesses supply and source people, products and materials, gain industry insights, and engage more effectively with opportunities across Australia’s defence industry.
Major Indo Pacific Defence Industry Innovation Launch: DIAL
BenchOn unveiled the DIAL platform at Indo Pacific 2025, driving Indo Pacific Defence Industry Innovation through AI-powered global sourcing and secure defence collaboration.
Defence Industry Business Threats: Why Companies Are Leaving Public Catalogues and Open Databases
Public directories now expose key data,
raising defence industry business threats.
Suppliers are shifting to secure networks
across the Australian defence industry.
Rethink Market Intelligence: Reporting 2.0 Launched
AusDIP Reporting 2.0 is now live in AusDIP – providing real-time, anonymised insights into what’s happening across the Australian defence industry.
Register NOW: Mirragin Australian Drone Ecosystem Portal Launches to Elevate Australia’s Drone Industry.
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).
Advanced Manufacturing is Australia’s Next Growth Engine: BenchOn Launches New Capabilities.
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…
Tim Walmsley Named Executive of the Year at the 2025 Australia Defence Industry Awards
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.
Product Update: Australian Defence Industry Portal (AusDIP) expands to new capabilities in emerging technologies.
AusDIP has new capabilities which opens the door to more projects managing and suppliers.
Tim Walmsley announced finalist in Australian Defence Industry Awards
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.