BAE Systems to move corporate HQ into Lot Fourteen

Adelaide-based BAE Systems Australia has announced it will establish its head office in the city’s Lot Fourteen innovation district.

The company,  which is Australia’s biggest defence company, will move into Lot Fourteen alongside more than 160 other innovation and technology-focused companies, and Commonwealth and State Government- funded agencies specialising in defence, space, critical technologies, and cyber capabilities. Lot Fourteen has already seen Government investment of $756 million.

The Company will take up the anchor tenancy at the Innovation Centre, the first new build at Lot Fourteen, with plans for around 500 employees to be located in the new building.

“This will complement our existing South Australian footprint where we are delivering our major programs and gives us the ability to be co-located with our customers, academia, and industry,” said Craig Lockhart, CEO of BAE Systems Australia.

“Over the next 12 months we expect to recruit 800 new employees across our operations, and Lot Fourteen is a key enabler to achieving our growth ambitions.”

In addition to its customer-facing office in Canberra, BAE Systems has a large footprint in the South Australian capital with key locations including the Osborne Naval Shipyard, the manufacturing hub for the Hunter-class Frigate Program, and the future site for the construction of the SSN AUKUS submarine fleet.

BAE Systems operates a large technological and manufacturing precinct at Edinburgh Parks, close to RAAF Base Edinburgh and the Defence Science Technology Group, as well as a site at the Tonsley Innovation District in Adelaide’s southern suburbs and a skills and training partnership with Findon Technical College.