Overview
Defence industry plays a vital role in equipping, sustaining and advancing the capabilities of the ADF.
A strong defence industry is part of our national power and contributes to regional stability.
The 2024 Defence Industry Development Strategy established the framework and principles for an Australian defence industrial base that is:
- capable of delivering the capacity, size and scale needed to meet Defence’s needs with the agility to rapidly scale;
- resilient to disruptions beyond our control, by strengthening our network of supply chains;
- competitive, by providing the systems, technologies, materials, services and products Defence needs to support its mission; and
- innovative, by maintaining a technological edge and developing the asymmetric technologies needed by Defence.
Key Terms
Military - Industrial Complex
The military–industrial complex describes the relationship between a nation's military and the defence industry that supplies it, seen together as a vested interest which influences public policy.
Defence Industry Development Strategy
The Defence Industry Development Strategy establishes the framework and principles for Australia’s defence industry policy. These policy settings reflect the changing strategic circumstances and deliver the initiatives required to develop Australia’s sovereign defence industrial base required to meet our national security requirements.
Defence will work with industry to implement the Defence Industry Development Strategy, and deliver an innovative, resilient and competitive defence industrial base that creates a stronger, more secure Australia.
Defence will work with industry to implement the Defence Industry Development Strategy, and deliver an innovative, resilient and competitive defence industrial base that creates a stronger, more secure Australia.