NIOA is an Australian armament and munitions company, headquartered in

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, Australia. Owned by the Nioa family, it is a

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which is a supplier of arms and ammunition to the sporting, law enforcement and military markets. Its founder and CEO, Robert Nioa, is a son-in-law of Australian federal politician

Bob Katter Robert Bellarmine Carl Katter (born 22 May 1945) is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since 1993. He was previously active in Queensland state politics from 1974 to 1992. Katter was a member of the ...

History

NIOA was involved with controversial importations of Adler shotguns into Australia during the 2010s. On 28 July 2016, NIOA was awarded a contract to supply 40 mm automatic grenade launchers to the

Australian Army The Australian Army is the principal Army, land warfare force of Australia, a part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force. The Army is commanded by the Chief of Army (Austral ...

. On 15 November 2017, NIOA was selected by the

New Zealand Defence Force The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF; mi, Te Ope Kātua o Aotearoa, "Line of Defence of New Zealand") are the armed forces of New Zealand. The NZDF is responsible for the protection of the national security of New Zealand and her realm, prom ...

to supply weapons. On 5 December 2017, NIOA signed a contract with the

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to supply the

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with multiple types of ammunition. On 23 January 2018, NIOA was awarded a contract by the Australian Army to supply 155 mm artillery ammunitions. On 1 November 2019, former Australian politician

David Feeney David Ian Feeney (born 5 March 1970) is a former Australian politician. He was the Labor member for the division of Batman in the House of Representatives from 7 September 2013 to 1 February 2018. Before that, he was a member of the Australian ...

was appointed to the advisory board of NIOA. On 29 June 2020, NIOA agreed to enter into a joint tenancy, alongside

Thales Australia Thales Australia (formerly Australian Defence Industries and ADI Limited) is a defence contractor based in Australia. It is a subsidiary of the French defence technology conglomerate Thales Group. Thales Australia had been engaged in numerous p ...

, of the government-owned munitions factory in

Benalla Benalla is a small city located on the Broken River gateway to the High Country north-eastern region of Victoria, Australia, about north east of the state capital Melbourne. At the the population was 10,822. It is the administrative centr ...

. On 9 December 2020, NIOA entered into an agreement with

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to supply the Australian Defence Force with small arms ammunitions. On 3 June 2021, NIOA had partnered with

Black Sky Aerospace Black Sky Aerospace (also known as BSA) is an Australian private aerospace company, headquartered in Jimboomba, Queensland, Australia. BSA specialises in payload delivery systems through proprietary propulsion systems, componentry and vehicle ...

and Quickstep in their bid under the

Australian Missile Corporation The Australian Missile Corporation (AMC) is an Australian company specialising in guided missiles, wholly owned by Queensland-based NIOA. It was contracted by the Australian Government to help develop Australia's domestic guided weapons capabil ...

for the

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's sovereign guided missiles project.

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* {{Official website, https://www.nioa.com.au/ Australian companies established in 1973 Ammunition manufacturers Companies based in Brisbane Defence companies of Australia Family-owned companies of Australia Firearm manufacturers of Australia Manufacturing companies established in 1973 Privately held companies of Australia Retail companies established in 1973 Retail companies of Australia Sporting goods retailers of Australia

History

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