Invitation to Participate

The RPDE Program was created in 2005 as a collaborative arrangement between Defence and Industry, to solve difficult and challenging problems, in an innovative and collegiate environment. Currently 195 organisations are Participants in the RPDE Program; ranging from very small businesses through to Defence Primes, and include academic and national research bodies. RPDE engages its Participants to provide personnel and access to the latest knowledge and expertise and to apply innovative approaches to solving Defence’s complex problems.
The RPDE Program now invites organisations to apply to become Participants in the program, by responding to the Sixth Invitation To Participate (ITP6).
Organisations will need to demonstrate in their responses, their expertise and skills in one or more of the following Defence capability areas:

• military systems and materials/platform integration


• communications/electronics/networking


• human factors engineering/operations


• research/organisational analysis


• data/information management/fusion


• software development/ integration

Click here to download the ITP6 Information Pack , which includes an information sheet, the selection criteria and the response documents that have to be completed by applicants. ITP6 closes on 17 September 2010, at 12 noon(EST).

Click here to download the Defence Test and Evaluation Policy

For further information on the ITP6 process, contact the RPDE Stakeholder Liaison Manager John Crickmore (john.crickmore@rpde.org.au)