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Defence awards $7 million in SICP Grants to seven Australian businesses

March 28, 2021
Gregor Ferguson
EX2 News

The Department of Defence has awarded more than $7 million to seven Australian companies through the Sovereign Industrial Capability Priority (SICP) Grants program. Since November 2018 almost 90 Australian small and medium businesses have won SICP Grants worth $47 million.…

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