Sovereignty is now the buzzword of defence industry policy, applied liberally to whatever project is under discussion. The idea has been further entrenched in the defence lexicon following publication of the long-awaited Defence Industrial Capability Plan (DICP), as well as the announcement of Australia’s sovereign industry capability priorities (SICP) and accompanying capability assessment framework. The DICP may be an improvement on past defence industrial policies but it’s a stretch to describe it as a plan.

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