National Security Manufacturing Hub
Our Vision
The National Security Manufacturing Hub is an industry-led initiative dedicated to advancing industrial capability, accelerating advanced manufacturing, and strengthening the resilience of critical supply chains that underpin national security. Bringing together manufacturers, technology companies, research institutions, government agencies and industry partners, the Hub serves as a platform for collaboration, innovation and capability development across strategic sectors.
The Hub supports the growth of advanced manufacturing, critical technologies, industrial innovation, workforce development and supply chain resilience. By connecting organisations, fostering partnerships and enabling investment, it helps transform ideas into capability and capability into impact. Focused on strengthening the industrial foundations that support security, resilience and economic prosperity, the National Security Manufacturing Hub exists to connect industry, drive innovation and build the manufacturing capabilities of the future. Building capability. Strengthening resilience. Securing the future.
The National Security Manufacturing Hub acts as a catalyst for sustained regional jobs growth and economic development, creating high-value employment across advanced trades, engineering, and digital manufacturing. By attracting defence-aligned investment and integrating local businesses into national and allied supply chains, the Hub stimulates new industry formation, support SME growth, and drive long-term economic diversification. This not only increases local employment opportunities but also helps build a skilled workforce pipeline, ensuring regions can retain talent, uplift productivity, and participate in high-growth, future-focused industries.
The Hub strengthens Australia’s position in international trade and investment by creating a globally competitive, sovereign manufacturing capability aligned with allied priorities. By supporting participation in AUKUS-aligned supply chains and enabling the export of advanced technologies, components, and services, the Hub opens new pathways into key defence and strategic markets. At the same time, it attracts foreign direct investment from partners seeking secure, reliable, and regionally scalable manufacturing capability—positioning Australia as a trusted industrial partner in an increasingly contested global environment.
The National Security Manufacturing Hub enhances industrial resilience by developing the advanced manufacturing capabilities, technologies and skilled workforce required to support critical industries. Through collaboration between industry, research organisations and technology partners, the Hub accelerates innovation, strengthens supply chains and enables the development of sovereign capabilities that contribute to long-term economic security, technological advancement and national resilience.