South Australia - The Defence State

South Australia has a proven track record of winning and delivering on major projects.

In the last five years, South Australia has secured billions of dollars worth of new defence and security projects. Many of these are just coming online now. They will provide significant opportunities for local defence suppliers for some years. These projects include:

• the $8 billion Air Warfare Destroyer build contract and AWD Systems Centre
• the 1,200 personnel 7RAR Mechanised Battalion, to be relocated to Edinburgh in 2011 
• the multi-billion 25-year through-life support contract for Collins Class submarines
• the $1 billion AP-3C Orion aircraft maintenance and upgrade contract
• the $1 billion Customs Project Sentinel contract – the world’s largest fixed-wing
  civil maritime surveillance program
• the $300 million development of Techport Australia, Australia's Naval Industry Hub
• assembly of next generation submarines 

Proof SA is The Defence State

South Australia has won and delivered on new defence and security projects worth billions of dollars.