The Australian Defence Exports Catalogue promotes Australian defence industry on the international stage. It highlights the products and services of over 360 Australian businesses that are part of Australia’s defence industry.

The catalogue promotes export opportunities and embeds Australian defence industry into the global supply chain.

Defence industry businesses are selected to showcase their products and services in the catalogue, representing a cross-section of defence industry from every state and territory within Australia.

Include a business in the catalogue

To support defence industry companies in their export endeavours, the application process is open all year round. All applications received, following the release of the current edition, will be assessed at the end of each quarter. If the application is approved it will be added to the online edition and mobile app shortly after approval. It will also be added to the next hard copy edition, which will be supplied to Australian Defence Attachés and foreign embassies in Australia in the second quarter of next year.

Formal applications for the 2027 edition of the catalogue will be sought in November 2026. Lodgement of applications will be made available through the Australian Defence Exporters Portal. Applications for catalogue inclusion incur no cost.

Businesses featured in the previous catalogue are still required to make an application for inclusion via the portal each year.

New businesses must create a profile in the portal and address the questions. The following criteria must be met for inclusion in the catalogue:

• The company must be Australian, as outlined in the Defence Industry Development Strategy.
• A minimum of 51% of the product or service must be:
  • Australian content
  • Australian manufactured and/or designed
  • Australian-owned intellectual property.
• The product or service must be export ready:
  • exportable within the next 12 months
  • capable of obtaining an export permit from Defence Export Controls
  • not limited to domestic sale.
• Further supporting information:
  • The product or service is used or will be used by the Australian Defence Force. Alternatively, Defence has invested or will be investing funds in the development of the product or service.
  • The product or service aligns with the published Sovereign Defence Industrial Priorities.

Prior to submitting an application, refer to the following:

• Defence is not obliged to include submitted products or services in the catalogue.
• Defence has the discretion to include items in the catalogue that are external to the application process.
• Defence has permission to use images and amend content included in applications. Companies are responsible for obtaining approval to use images they don’t own for applications. Defence may contact the company to request a replacement image.
• Defence may request information regarding enquiries received as a result of being featured in the catalogue.
• A company’s inclusion in the catalogue does not represent sponsorship by Defence.
• Companies included in previous editions of the catalogue are not guaranteed inclusion in the future editions of the catalogue.
• At the end of the process, a preview of the application will be available for review. This page will reflect what will be displayed in the catalogue if the application is successful.
• Defence reserves the right to alter any wording or images to comply with Defence requirements.
• Defence reserves the right to remove any company, product or service from the publication at any time.