DIGR Voucher Program

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The Defence Trailblazer Defence Industry Growth & Resilience (DIGR) voucher program supported the strengthening and resilience of defence businesses by enabling businesses to scale and compete to deliver sovereign capability to our Australian Defence Force and our allies.

Launched in late 2025, DIGR delivered cash funding to support projects and activities aimed at strengthening participating businesses’ position within the defence industry. Supported initiatives were required to align with one or more DIGR activity streams and clearly demonstrate a focus on growth, resilience, and enhancing the business’s role in the defence sector.

The three streams supported industry-led projects and activities in the following areas:

Business Uplift

  • To help businesses increase their defence readiness and develop and execute strategies for company growth, products, markets or business resilience. *SME Only

Technical & Testing

  • To help businesses to undertake design, prototyping, testing and evaluation, validation and verification, demonstration and trials, and de-risking activities required to commercialise new defence or dual-use products, processes or services.

Workforce Connect

  • To support workforce talent engagement and retention, talent attraction, upskilling and training, mobilisation of UNSW, UoA or TAFE students, graduates and Defence veterans into the defence industry.

Supporting Business Directory