Section 6Sec./Art. 6

National Defense Industry. - The National Defense Industry shall be developed in accordance with the following principles:

(a) The foreign support for defense requirements shall be subject to the provisions of this Act and the policies approved by the President;

(b) To develop the defense capability of the country, the State shall:

(1) Rely primarily on and give preference to in-country enterprises, allocate substantial resources and manpower to defense research and development, technology development and innovation, and provide relevant technical and financial assistance to the private sector;

(2) Utilize, in a sustainable manner, the country's natural resources as the source of the country's defense needs, and rely on material readily available, produced, manufactured, or otherwise created locally; and

(3) Use materiel from foreign sources only when such materiel cannot be locally produced, manufactured, or created: Provided, That importation from such foreign sources shall be for the ultimate objective of acquiring technology for the production of unavailable materiel.

(c) To support the economic and employment generation thrusts of the country, all manpower needs of the industry requiring the engagement or hiring of civilian labor shall be sourced locally and, as far as practicable, be Filipino.