PODCAST: Bolstering domestic capabilities in the wake of coronavirus – Robert Nioa, NIOA

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Robert Nioa

COVID-19 has shone a light on just how critical sovereign industry and manufacturing is to Australia’s national security.

COVID-19 has shone a light on just how critical sovereign industry and manufacturing is to Australia’s national security.

On this episode of the Defence Connect Podcast,  host Phil Tarrant is joined by Robert Nioa, managing director of NIOA, Australia’s largest privately-owned supplier of small arms and ammunition to the sports shooter, law enforcement and military markets. 

Nioa shares the lessons learned through the evolution of the business since its establishment in 1973 and how those lessons can inform lessons for a resurgent Australian manufacturing capacity in the post-COVID world. 

Enjoy the podcast,

The Defence Connect team

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Listen to previous episodes of the Defence Connect podcast:

Episode 11: CONTESTED GROUND: Australia and the West must ask themselves new questions in the face of the modern world, with Robbin Laird
Episode 10: PODCAST: Black Hawk capability, B-21 bomber debate, and upcoming budget
Episode 9: PODCAST: Supermarine Spitfire, warbird aviation and modern aerial innovation, with Keith Russell
Episode 8: PODCAST: Bushmaster PMV funding, long-range strike expansion and cyber defence
Episode 7: PODCAST: Space Command workforce expansion and operationalising the domain, with Major General Gregory Novak AM
Episode 6: CONTESTED GROUND: The Defence budget, inflationary pressures and domestic information warfare
Episode 5: SPOTLIGHT: Maritime sustainment, mission-ready maintenance and resilient fleet capability, with Serco’s David Astbury
Episode 4: PODCAST: Anzac Day reflections, veteran support reform and ADF workforce trends, with Minister Matt Keogh
Episode 3: SPOTLIGHT: Open-source growth across defence and national security, with SUSE CMO Margaret Dawson
Episode 2: CONTESTED GROUND: Shipping, supply chains and Australia’s exposure to a volatile system, with UNSW’s Professor Douglas Guilfoyle and Associate Professor Daniel Prior