Procurement Protect Your Borders
The Commonwealth government has increased the Federal Budget for Defence by 7.4% in FY2022, in which $3.5 billion is directed towards accelerating procurement for weapons capability, including the acquisition of both maritime and aerial weapons. Greater investments are also allocated to infrastructure and capacity building.
Defence Procurement is responsible for various services:
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Require goods and services that can be integrated into Defence platforms or used by Defence personnel on operations, such as vehicles and submarines.
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Relate to ongoing servicing, maintenance, upkeep and repair of current Defence capabilities and platforms.
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Cover a range of goods and services such as health services, logistics services, training, travel, information technology, stationery and personal protective equipment.
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The maintenance of Defence facilities, establishments and training areas, and a range of construction services.
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Defence's innovation programs seek research and technological innovations that will provide an advantage to Defence capability.