The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) has awarded Sovereign Industrial Capability Priority grants to four local small businesses.

The four grant recipients are AEM Consolidated, Adlingtons Australia, Armor Australia, and Century Products.

Go deeper with GlobalData

Premium Insights

The gold standard of business intelligence.

Find out more

Related Company Profiles

View all

The South Australian companies will use the total funding of A$2.3m ($1.57m) to procure specialised tools and equipment.

Australia Defence Industry Minister Melissa Price said: “The Sovereign Industrial Capability Priority Grants encourage greater participation by Australia’s small businesses in our ambitious defence industry agenda.

“We want to maximise small business involvement in delivering our A$200bn ($137.28bn) build-up of defence capability because this approach helps create new jobs right across Australia.”

Armor Australia is providing next-generation combat helmets for use by the Australian Defence Force.

How well do you really know your competitors?

Access the most comprehensive Company Profiles on the market, powered by GlobalData. Save hours of research. Gain competitive edge.

Company Profile – free sample

Thank you!

Your download email will arrive shortly

Not ready to buy yet? Download a free sample

We are confident about the unique quality of our Company Profiles. However, we want you to make the most beneficial decision for your business, so we offer a free sample that you can download by submitting the below form

By GlobalData
Visit our Privacy Policy for more information about our services, how we may use, process and share your personal data, including information of your rights in respect of your personal data and how you can unsubscribe from future marketing communications. Our services are intended for corporate subscribers and you warrant that the email address submitted is your corporate email address.

The business will use the funding to purchase specialist tooling to improve the design of the lightweight combat helmets.

AEM Consolidated will use the grant to buy an automatic coil winding machine and a vacuum pressure impregnation unit.

The equipment will deliver improvements in the repair and overhaul of motors for defence ships and submarines.

The grant to Adlingtons Australia will enable the acquisition of automated pipe bending and welding equipment.

Another grant recipient, Century Products, intends to install a programming and beam drilling quality cell for frigates and submarines.

The Sovereign Industrial Capability Priority grants are intended to support eligible local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

The programme provides total funding of up to A$17m ($11.66m) to SMEs to help them invest in projects aligned with the DoD’s sovereign industrial capability priorities.