Techport Australia

Techport Australia - Australia’s premier naval industry hub is located at Osborne in South Australia.

The South Australian Government has invested over $300 million in state-owned infrastructure at Techport Australia to develop a world-class maritime industrial precinct. The facility will support ASC to deliver the Royal Australian Navy’s next generation $8 billion Air Warfare Destroyers and will attract future naval shipbuilding and repair opportunities to the state.

Techport Australia brings together a critical mass of high-end naval and defence expertise.

Key features of Techport Australia include: 

• world-class common user shipbuilding facilities - including a wharf, runway,
• dry berth, transfer system and the largest shiplift in the southern hemisphere. 
• an expansive, fully integrated industrial precinct for suppliers 
• a commercial and education precinct, including:
  • the Maritime Skills Centre - delivering the trade and technical skills required for the AWD project 
  • the AWD Systems Centre - the national project headquarters for the $8 billion AWD project 
  • Raytheon Australia’s South Australian headquarters
• access to the national transport network including road, rail and deep sea port 
• a high speed optical fibre network link to major research, defence and education
  sites across Adelaide.