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Defence Space and Cyber School (Australia)

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In Febriaru 2026 Australia opened a Defence Space and Cyber School.[1][2][3]

The school will be housed in the Florence McKenzie Building at HMAS Harmann in Canberra.[4]

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  1. ↑ Petra Stock (2026-02-08). "Australian defence force expands space workforce as new specialist training centre unveiled". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2026-02-08. Retrieved 2026-02-10. Successful applicants would undertake specialist training at the defence space and cyber school at HMAS Harman in Canberra, in a new purpose-built facility, the Florence McKenzie Building, named after Australia’s first female electrical engineer and a pioneer of modern signalling technologies.
  2. ↑ "New pathways into Australia's space future". Australian Space Agency. 2026-02-09. Retrieved 2026-02-10.
  3. ↑ "Space Jobs Launch and Building Renaming Ceremony". Australian Minister of Defence. 2026-02-09. Retrieved 2026-02-10. And why this facility, the Defence Space and Cyber School, is critically important. Today we are taking one (more) “small” step to bolster national security and a giant leap to growing our defence capabilities in the emerging domain of space.
  4. ↑ Robert Dougherty (2026-02-08). "Australia announces direct-entry recruitment for space operations personnel". Space Connect magazine. Retrieved 2026-02-10.