KEY INDUSTRIES
CANBERRA INNOVATES RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornet performing a jet handling display over Lake Burley Griffin Credit: Ben Appleton | Photox - Canberra Photography Services
Canberra is a national hub for knowledge and research, and home to influencers and thought leaders driving innovation in their fields. DEFENCE
SPACE AND SPATIAL SCIENCE
Canberra is the best place in Australia to connect with defence and security experts, and nowhere else in the country boasts the same proximity to decision makers, procuring agencies and government infrastructure.
Canberra has long played a critical role in some of the biggest events in international space exploration, from the broadcast of the first TV images of the moon landing back in 1969, to the Phoenix landing on Mars more recently.
Canberra enjoys an established defence industry network as the home of the Department of Defence, key national security, intelligence and border protection agencies, law enforcement, key global defence companies, and Australian Federal Government.
We are a space science leader and contribute to the global space industry through our research and education institutions such as the Australian National Space Mission Design Facility at UNSW Canberra and the ANU National Space Test Facilities.
Important defence training and industry bodies are located here, including the historic Royal Military College at Duntroon, the Australian Defence Force Academy and the Australian Command and Staff College, as well as the Australian Industry and Defence Network. Our highly skilled workforce has productive industry and research partnerships and is developing innovative and cutting-edge technologies for defence.
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Canberra is also home to industry experts, federal government regulators and policy makers boasting a highly knowledgeable workforce. The Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex at Tidbinbilla forms part of the Deep Space Network of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, while global exporters and multinational companies with significant space programs are also headquartered here.
