The CDIC provides a national network of business advisers with regional and domain expertise to:

• help businesses understand and navigate the defence market by providing tailored advice and support to eligible companies
• help businesses develop their industrial capabilities and ability to work with Defence
• help Defence projects understand what the best of Australian industry has to offer and connect these offerings into their supply chains
• connect Australian innovators, researchers and academic institutions to Defence’s two innovation programs – the Innovation Hub and the Next Generation Technologies Fund.