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Australia has joined the Partnership for Indo-Pacific Industrial Resilience with other nations to promote opportunities for defence industrial cooperation in the Indo-Pacific.
The initiative is jointly agreed upon by the 16 members of PIPIR including the United States, Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand, and the United Kingdom.
Members attended a 2nd Annual Plenary meeting on March 18 earlier this year to discuss current capacity shortfalls and resilience challenges in the global defence industrial base.
The meeting also discussed the development of a forward repair capability for P-8 radar systems in Australia and the development of standards for small unmanned aerial systems across the Indo-Pacific.
The partnership agreed to expand the scope of the regional sustainment hub in Australia to support additional P-8 operators in the Indo-Pacific, a project recently announced at the Shangri-La Dialogue in May 2025.
Endorsed four Statements of Intent to foster cooperation on small unmanned aerial systems' battery and small motor development through executing an industry survey and sharing results among participants, pursuing reciprocal standards and a common procurement policy, and identifying efforts towards a future battery project.
Committed to a project that will explore feasibility and opportunity to establish a forward-deployed F100/F110 engine repair hub in Japan, which, will support regional sustainment for F-15 and F-16 platforms operated by the United States Air Force and partner nations.
Progressed the effort to establish a CH-47 Chinook T-55 engine repair hub in the Republic of Korea, a project recently announced at the US-ROK Logistics Cooperations Committee in July 2025.
Establishment of a new Solid Rocket Motor production initiative between the US and Japan, chaired by Japan. As well as expansion of energetics and munitions development by assessing the potential for interest and funding for the 30mm-by-173mm ammunition load, assemble, and pack line effort with the Philippines.
Support for regional co-production opportunities by exploring modular UAV projects across many mission sets.
Instituting new tools and techniques, such as a project development guide, that provides a methodology to identify and assess future collaborations resulting in enhanced project efficiency and efficacy, information sharing, and transparency among governments, industry partners, and stakeholders.
