ArMy PreSence in South AuStrAliA - Defence SA

APPendIx 2:
deFenCe ProPerTIeS In SouTh AuSTrALIA
edinburgh defence Precinct
1. The EDP includes Defence Science and DSTO
Edinburgh (280 ha) and RAAF Base Edinburgh
(890 ha) and is located approximately 28 km
north of Adelaide. The precinct is to the north
of the junction of Bagster Road and
Commercial Road and extends as far west
as Heaslip Road. Together with the State
Government Edinburgh Parks Development,
the precinct forms the entire suburb of
Edinburgh. The closest major urban centres
are Elizabeth (two km north-east) and Salisbury
(five km south). The site is surrounded by
a mix of land uses including residential,
manufacturing and rural development.
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• DSTO, Edinburgh. The DSTO facility
at Edinburgh is the largest defence
electronics research and development
centre in the southern hemisphere and
is home to 1,350 staff.
• RAAF Base Edinburgh. Located in the
EDP, RAAF Base Edinburgh is home to the
AOSG and 92 Wing which operates the
AP-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft. The
base has recently undergone significant
reconstruction with about $750 million
spent on building Horseshoe Barracks
to support the 7th RAR Battle Group and
upgrading RAAF and jointly used facilities.
The base has also been proposed as the
future home of the RAAF multi-mission
unmanned aerial system (AIR 7000) and the
Integrated Ground Environment.
radar Facility – St Kilda
2. The 219 ha St Kilda Receiving Site is 11 km
east of the Edinburgh situated adjacent to the
intersection of St Kilda Road and Radar Road,
St Kilda and is utilised by DSTO for radio and
radar research projects.
naval yard – Birkenhead
3. The Birkenhead Naval Yard occupies less than
one ha and is situated on the Gawler Reach
of the Port River at 10 Jenkins Street. It is
13 km north west of the Adelaide GPO. The
yard comprises working accommodation, a
boat shed, a wharf, boat ramp and bitumen
hard standing. It accommodates a Navy
Reserve Diving Team and a Navy Cadet
Training Ship.
Air warfare destroyer Systems Centre
4. Located at ‘Techport Australia’, the Hobart
Class AWD Systems Centre is the hub of the
AWD project accommodating AWD Alliance
partners (the DMO, shipbuilder ASC Pty
Ltd and Raytheon Australia and capability
partners Navantia, the US Navy and Lockheed
Martin Corporation. The Alliance is managing
the design, schedule, budgets and major
procurements of the AWD project.
The Proof & experimental establishment –
Port wakefield
5. The P&EE at Port Wakefield is located
100 km north of Adelaide, nine km south
of the Port Wakefield town ship and is situated
on the coast of the Gulf of St Vincent. The
establishment conducts weapons research
and testing for the ADF. It is the only range in
Australia where projectiles can be fired into a
coastal area and, because of coastal tides,
be retrieved relatively undamaged for
assessment and review.
Air Force Cadet depot – gawler
6. Air Force Cadet Unit Gawler occupies one ha
and is situated on Gawler River Road.
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