Unlock defence contracts with this essential DISP workshop 

If you want to tap into Australia’s $15 billion defence industry as a supplier, you need to understand the Defence Industry Security Program (DISP). 

This practical workshop will give you:  

• A complete overview of DISP and why it’s so important 

• An understanding of the role DISP plays in maintaining national security 

• Insight into how DISP interacts with other defence security frameworks 

• Information on how DISP applies to different kinds of businesses 

• Help getting your DISP application started. 

Why attend the workshop? 

The opportunity for local small businesses to become defence industry suppliers is huge.  

Cockburn is home to a $15 billion marine infrastructure cluster including major players like Austral, BAE Systems, Civmec and Luerssen Australia. Henderson’s Australian Marine Complex is one of only two naval shipbuilding locations in Australia and WA set to receive a significant share of an $11 billion defence shipbuilding investment.  

This DISP workshop is the fourth in the City of Cockburn’s Defence Readiness Workshop Series of five essential workshops, which is running throughout 2025. This series is specifically designed to help local businesses enter the defence supply chain.  

Who is the workshop for? 

This workshop is ideal for small-business owners and managers looking to enter the defence industry or expand their defence industry opportunities. 

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Register for more defence ready workshops 

This workshop is part of the Defence Industry Readiness Series. Register for the other workshops in the series:  

• Defence Grant Writing Masterclass (Tuesday 1 April)  

• Understanding Defence Procurement Pathways (Thursday 8 May)  

• Defence Quad Chart Development (Thursday 12 June)  

• Exporting in Defence (Tuesday 4 November).