Current Opportunities

The Team Defence Australia Program (TDA) is the premier national platform for export-capable Australian defence and dual-use companies to showcase their goods, services, technologies and solutions at international trade events.

Exhibiting with TDA is free, with successful companies responsible for their individual expenses. TDA provides free space on a custom-built “Australia” pavilion, pre-event support and advice including Austrade’s network of business development managers, invaluable senior military support and advocacy, market insight briefings, networking opportunities, business-to-business matching and on-site support at a trade event.

Please refer to the “TDA Information for Companies” document on ICN Gateway for further information regarding TDA support for companies, expression of interest selection and defence export control requirements.

Australian Defence Export Catalogue

The Australian Defence Export Catalogue provides information on Australian Defence Force equipment and defence industry products and services for sale to foreign government customers. Participation is subject to an application process but inclusion is free. More information is available here.

Trade missions and other events

TDA conducts international trade missions and other export-related activities in Australia and internationally. These targeted activities are organised to around specific events, and will be advertised here when expression of interest applications are open.

For further information on TDA support available to your business, email teamdefence.australia@defence.gov.au.

ICN Gateway: https://gateway.icn.org.au/projects/4553

The Australian Submarine Supplier Qualification (AUSSQ) Pilot Program has been developed by the Australian Submarine Agency (ASA) to streamline and accelerate the qualification of Australian suppliers into the US Submarine Industrial Base (SIB), in support of the AUKUS Pillar I Optimal Pathway and Trilateral Submarine Industrial Base (TSIB) outcomes.

The objective of the Program is to deliver Supplier Qualification Services and Product Qualification Services to enable Australian suppliers to enter the Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) Supply Chain, enabling them to compete for NNS Supply Chain opportunities across both submarine and aircraft carrier programs.

The Contractor makes no representation that any of the Suppliers will be offered any purchase order or other form of contract by NNS or any other party in connection with the products of the Suppliers that relate to the Services being provided under this Contract or otherwise.

The Program is intended to work in parallel with the ASA’s DIVQ Program, which can be viewed here: https://npsprogram.icn.org.au/

H&B Defence, a joint venture between HII and Babcock, is seeking supplier expressions of interest (EOIs) for seven Work Packages, staged in shortlisting rounds throughout the two-year duration of the program. Suppliers with other potentially relevant capabilities can submit an EOI under Work Package 8 (Unspecified / Open Entry), as a decision may be made in the future to release additional work package categories.

H&B Defence is shortlisting suitable suppliers for the first two Work Packages, Castings and Forgings and Precision Machining, in May 2025.

To be considered in the first round of shortlisting for Castings and Forgings and Precision Machining, please submit your EOI no later than Wednesday 30 April 2025.

EOIs submitted after this date may still be considered in future shortlisting rounds. All applicants will receive regular progress updates regarding the status of their EOI.

Supplier uplift grant funding opportunities may be available to AUSSQ program participants, including the Australian Government’s Defence Industry Development Grant Program. More information can be found here: https://www.defence.gov.au/business-industry/resources-support/industry-grants

ICN Gateway: https://gateway.icn.org.au/projects/14689