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Australia awards contracts to 12 SMEs under ICERA initiative 12 April 2021 (Last Updated April 12th, 2021 12:07)
The Australian Government has announced the award of up to $3.6m in contracts to 12 small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
The ICERA contracts will provide $36m over six years, funded through Defence’s Next Generation Technologies Fund. Credit: Gerd Altmann from Pixabay.
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The Australian Government has announced the award of up to $3.6m in contracts to 12 small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
The contracts are part of Australia’s industry engagement initiative, known as ‘Industry Competitive Evaluation Research Agreement (ICERA)’.
This initiative was launched by Australia Defence Industry Minister Melissa Price in August.
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The Morrison Government has announced a $9 million boost to Australia’s defence industry to develop an integrated system that can detect and neutralise improvised threats.
The contract, awarded to Lockheed Martin Australia’s Science, Technology, Engineering Leadership and Research Laboratory (STELaRLaB), was given as part of Defence’s Counter Improvised Grand Threat Challenge (CIT-GC) initiative.
It includes a US$3 million financial and technical contribution provided by the United States’ Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA).
Minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price said the contract, funded through the Next Generation Technologies Fund, was important in helping to keep the men and women of the Australian Defence Force safe.