Space systems

Our manufacturing base

Queensland’s vast geographical landscape and remote conditions share parallels with space exploration. Queensland also has a long history in robotics and remote asset management through its mining and advanced manufacturing industries.

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Queensland’s manufacturers are innovative, customer-focused and seek ways to address emerging issues. The existing advanced manufacturing base includes:

• additive manufacturing technologies
• advanced forming technologies (medical and aerospace)
• advanced materials
• biomanufacturing
• electronics manufacturing (including aerospace and defence)
• heavy engineering
• high temperature superconducting technologies (energy and defence)
• precision tooling and niche machining (including for aerospace)
• technologically superior microwave systems
• next generation broadband and defence systems.

Opportunities to grow and diversify manufacturing

As Queensland’s space industry grows, opportunities will increase for aerospace, defence and manufacturing to diversify into the space supply chain.

For example, Queensland’s leading research and industry organisations are already identifying ways to support the Australian Space Agency and contribute to NASA’s robotics and automation capabilities.