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The Australian Defence Force Cyber Gap Program is a 12-month online program that is undertaken in conjunction with tertiary study and is designed to enhance your skills and employability in the cyber security field. If you are already studying or looking to enrol in a cyber-related qualification, the Australian Defence Force (ADF) can offer you generous financial support, along with a two cyber exposure experiences to give valuable insight into how you can help protect Australia’s online systems and information.

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Applications Close: Sunday 31st October 

Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA is funding for Combat Readiness - Rapid Development and Translational Research Award. The deadline for pre-application is 31 August while the submission of applications to this funding opportunity is 01 Dec 2021.

On behalf of the Royal Air Force (RAF) DASA is running a Market Exploration to investigate zero emission options for the replacement of the existing fleet of military light training aircraft. The RAF currently operates a fleet of light aircraft across a variety of sites in the UK. The RAF customer wishes to better understand the market capability in this area and seeks information on the development of relevant technologies and systems that are in development and maturing over the coming 4 years. This information will be used to inform the user requirement specifications for a replacement system. The target date for replacement of the existing fleet is 2027.

Funded by the Next Generation Technologies Fund, in partnership with CSIRO, D.Start Ignite is the only program offering participants the chance to pitch ideas directly to stakeholders that can help them identify possible military applications or suggest how they might refocus their efforts in other areas. D.Start Ignite is built on the ON Prime program created by CSIRO. It taps into the Australian entrepreneurial environment to rapidly transition innovative technologies into Defence capability.