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Sixteen Adelaide-based trainee aerospace workers have joined Boeing Defence Australia (BDA) to support the P-8A Poseidon Through Life Support program. The trainees are currently undertaking in a six-month Certificate II in Aeroskills with South Australian-based [...]

Adelaide-based Rhiannon Reynolds from Aurecon has been announced as the 2024 Australian Defence Industry Network SA (AIDN-SA) Young Achiever Award winner. Now in its 18th year, the Young Achiever Award recognises upcoming defence industry leaders making an impact through leadership, technical [...]

Adelaide-based space education start-up Robinson Aerospace Systems has joined forces with Space Elevator in France and The Exploration Company in Germany to launch seven international schools into orbit. Project Space Call is enabling secondary students [...]

Twenty-six university students were recognised at the Defence Industry Scholarship Program graduation ceremony held in Adelaide on 10 July 2024. Now in its fifth year, the successful South Australian Government program is administered by the [...]

In an Australian first, the GRAVITY Challenge piloted a six-week MicroGRAVITY Challenge at Hamilton Secondary College, proving that the sky’s no limit for South Australia’s next generation of STEM leaders. Founded in Adelaide in 2019, [...]

The popular KBR annual summer internship program is back, with 60 exciting roles on offer in Australia. Two thousand people in Australia currently work across major defence and infrastructure projects, and the internship is the [...]

An expansion of the national Kids in Space program this year will see 13 South Australian schools take the inspiring leap into space education. In an exciting development for STEM education, 13 South Australian schools [...]

Peter Malinauskas MP Premier Susan Close MP Deputy Premier Minister for Defence and Space Industries Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science South Australians are invited to step aboard two Royal Australian Navy vessels visiting Adelaide [...]

The Defence Trailblazer for Concept to Sovereign Capability is a strategic $240 million partnership between the University of Adelaide and UNSW, over 35 industry partners and the Commonwealth Department of Education. In collaboration with industry, [...]

Antennas are everywhere. There are tiny ones in every mobile phone and laptop, and in the hardware that helps them connect to wi-fi. They are in the security tags that prevent shoplifting in stores. They’re [...]

South Australians looking for exciting lifelong career opportunities need look no further than the defence and space industries. With a range of high paying careers across naval shipbuilding, information warfare, cyber and space, the state [...]

An impressive cohort of 36 South Australian university students have taken the next step in their defence industry careers, graduating from the highly regarded Defence Industry Scholarship Program. The South Australian Government-funded scholarship program, administered by AiGroup, [...]

Not-for-profit organisation Business in Schools has launched a statewide program supporting girls and women to explore careers in non-traditional occupations and industries. Making Her Mark has been developed to inspire, encourage and educate females from [...]

South Australian electronic warfare company DEWC Services has been recognised as a top graduate employer as part of the 2023 Australian Association of Graduate Employers (AAGE) Top Graduate Employers list. DEWC Services was the only small to medium [...]

There’s never been a better time to join South Australia’s defence and space industries, with workers needed now to get started on a lucrative career, spanning decades. Recent research conducted by Defence SA shows that [...]

BAE Systems Australia has reinforced their commitment to investing in the next generation of workers by recruiting a record number of graduates across the country, including 50 in South Australia.  The new recruits will be [...]