Defence suppliers in Queensland.
Premal Patel works from Brisbane with Queensland suppliers who already make what defence needs. Queensland runs its own defence office and capability directory, so this page covers what's local to you.
Queensland calls itself the home of Australia's land capability.
It builds and sustains vehicles and aircraft, and it's where a lot of the uncrewed systems work is happening.
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Redbank
Boxer
Rheinmetall's Military Vehicle Centre of Excellence at Redbank delivers Boxer combat reconnaissance vehicles and logistics trucks.
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Ghost Bat
Uncrewed aircraft
Boeing has selected Queensland for its MQ-28 Ghost Bat.
Source: Defence Q, Autonomous and uncrewed systems (opens in a new tab)
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Cloncurry
Flight test range
The Queensland Flight Test Range at Cloncurry is a common-user range for uncrewed aircraft.
Source: Defence Q, Autonomous and uncrewed systems (opens in a new tab)
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$1.25bn
A year
Defence Q puts the defence industry's contribution to the state's economy at about $1.25 billion a year.
Every figure is the source's own, read on 15 October 2026.
Where Queensland buyers look you up.
Queensland keeps its own capability directory, and contractors search it for local suppliers.
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Defence Q (opens in a new tab)
The Queensland Government's defence industry team, in the Department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning. It helps Queensland companies into defence work and helps contractors find local capability.
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Queensland Defence Industries Capability Directory (opens in a new tab)
Run by Defence Q. It lists Queensland businesses across aerospace, defence and maritime, and eligible businesses register their own details.
Source: Defence Q, Capability directory (opens in a new tab)
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ICN Queensland (opens in a new tab)
The Queensland office of the Industry Capability Network. It points suppliers to ICN Gateway for their profile.
Source: ICN QLD (opens in a new tab) · Our ICN Gateway guide
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AIDN Queensland (opens in a new tab)
The Queensland chapter of the Australian Industry & Defence Network, the national association for defence SMEs.
Source: AIDN (opens in a new tab)
Listed so you know where to look. Ironpeak Consulting has no affiliation with, and no endorsement from, any of them.
Support Queensland suppliers can use.
National grants sit on top of these. Our guide to the Defence Industry Development Grants has the streams and dates.
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Get defence ready
Defence Q's own guide to the national pathways for a business getting ready for defence work, from the industry programs to DISP.
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Sovereign Industry Development Fund
The Queensland Government's $180.6 million fund covers defence among other industries. It closed to applications on 27 February 2026, and outcomes are still being announced.
Source: Queensland Government, State Development (opens in a new tab)
Who you'll deal with.
Premal Patel Defence Research and Analytics
Prem works from Brisbane. He keeps across the grants and tenders open to Queensland suppliers.
More about usHow we help Queensland suppliers get seen.
We make sure everything a buyer or a prime checks about you holds up and says the same thing. It starts with a look at where you stand.
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The Defence-able Review
How your business holds up when a buyer checks it, walked through on a call.
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Credible
Your website and capability statement, made to hold up for a defence buyer.
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Found
Your register and portal records, complete and matching everywhere a buyer looks.
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Considered
Eligible and positioned for the tenders and grants that suit you.
Talk to us in Brisbane.
Book a call and we'll look at your business the way a Queensland buyer would.