About Defence Connect
The integrated market intelligence platform for Australia's defence sector.
Defence Connect (www.defenceconnect.com.au) is a media and market intelligence platform focused on increasing the connectivity of Australia’s defence and national security sectors while helping the defence industry capitalise on the largest spend in capability building since the Second World War.
It received the highly coveted accolade of Business Website of the Year at the 2018 Mumbrella Publish Awards.
The Defence Connect brand has gained rapid engagement with Defence and the defence industry, and is considered an essential source for breaking news, insights and market intelligence for the sector.
The platform now connects with 100,000+ defence and defence industry professionals every month across online, events, social and broadcast channels, delivering essential information to help organisations make more informed business decisions and deliver greater defence capabilities.
Linking defence and industry
The Defence Connect platform supports industry engagement across these key interconnected channels:
Industry partners and stakeholders
Defence Connect engages senior leadership across the defence industry, including:
- CASG (Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group)
- Department of Defence, including the Defence Science and Technology Group (DST Group), Estate and Infrastructure Group (E&IG), Chief Information Officer Group (CIOG), Chief Finance Officer Group (CFOG), Defence People Group (DPG) and Defence Strategic Policy and Intelligence Group (SP&I)
- Navy, Army, Air Force, Intelligence and Joint Operations Command
- Federal Ministries, including Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Cabinet Ministers, Ministers, Senators and related departments
- State Ministries, Ministers and related departments
- Prime contractors, such as BAE Systems, Boeing, Finmeccanica, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and Thales
- SME contractors across the spectrum of defence acquisition and sustainment
- Defence force establishments, institutes, academies and think tanks
Defence Connect:
Supporting capability acquisition and sustainment
Australia’s future defence capabilities have been reinforced by the 2016 Defence White Paper, which sets out the strategy and investment for defence spending for the years ahead.
Over the next decade the government has committed $195 billion to defence investment across six core capability sectors – resulting in significant commercial opportunities for the defence industry.
Geared for tomorrow’s defence industry Defence Connect represents an ambitious new approach that supports the evolving defence sector as it responds to the challenges posed by expanding domains of warfare as well as traditional threats
Greater connectivity between government and the defence industry is critical to the implementation of the 2016 Defence White Paper and connected 2016 Integrated Investment Program, helping to strengthen Australia’s future security and prosperity while projecting it on the international stage.
Closer links between all sectors of defence industry – government, defence, prime contractors, SMEs, think tanks and policy institutes plus academia – will support these objectives, with Defence Connect central to forging collaboration, connectivity and transparency as well as helping to drive the business of defence.
Defence Connect Events:
AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE INDUSTRY AWARDS
For the first time in Australia, Defence Connect has created an awards program that reflects the comprehensive role of defence industry as a fundamental input to capability.Recognising leading professionals and businesses, rather than products and platforms, the Australian Defence Industry Awards universally acknowledges all defence industry stakeholders – from our primes, SMEs, academic institutions and associations, through to high-performing individuals such as defence executives, Indigenous and female leaders, students, scientists, technicians and academics.
AUSTRALIAN SPACE AWARDS
For the first time in Australia, Space Connect has created an awards program initiative that will showcase the nation’s best and brightest space businesses and professionals.
Recognising the leading individuals and businesses driving the development of Australia’s space economy, the Australian Space Awards universally acknowledges all space industry stakeholders - — from the major listed organisations and corporates servicing Australia’s space economy to SMEs, start-ups, academic institutions and associations.
The awards are open to all businesses operating in Australia supporting the space industry, including telecommunications, satellite, energy, mining and transport sectors as well as the defence, agriculture, disaster and water management industries. Winning a Space Award will be a desirable accolade for both individuals and businesses seeking to forge their role in the space industry.
The awards celebrate the best of the best in Australia’s space industry and will recognise the outstanding contribution of professionals and businesses working within the industry across 22 categories.
DEFENCE CONNECT WEBCASTS
With its own in-house studio, Defence Connect uses live-streaming technology to produce and distribute webcasts to audiences around Australia. These enable partners to expand their audience reach through informative, engaging and interactive content. Audiences can watch live on any device and interact through a live chat.
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