Leading aviation and aerospace businesses in Queensland

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Queensland has a significant network of aviation and aerospace businesses. Companies with offices in Queensland include:

Airbus Military - A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) project operating out of the Australian Conversion Centre in Brisbane
Asia Pacific Aerospace - Australian headquarters with offices in New Zealand and Singapore, specialises in the maintenance, repair and overhaul of small to medium gas turbine engines
Australian Aerospace (subsidiary of Eurocopter) - Asia-Pacific headquarters, rotary wing manufacturing, composite components manufacturing, and research and development
BAE Systems Australia - design, integration and maintenance of systems for the Australian Defence Force (ADF) with operations in Townsville, Cairns and Archerfield
Boeing Defence Australia - Australian headquarters, aerospace and network-enabled systems
Boeing Research and Technology Australia - headquarters, and research and development
Boeing Training and Flight Services - pilot simulator training
CAE Australia - simulation and training specialists
Frequentis Australasia - communications and aerospace control centre
GE Aviation Systems Australia - Asia-Pacific headquarters and avionics component maintenance
Hawker Pacific - aircraft maintenance operations in Cairns, Townsville and Brisbane
Insitu Pacific Limited - regional head office, production facility and training school
Interturbine Advanced Composites (IAC) (a B/E Aerospace company) - aerospace logistics company
Jetstar - crew base (Cairns)
Sikorsky Aircraft Services (Helitech) - aircraft maintenance and sales
Qantas (Brisbane heavy maintenance) - B-767/A-330 heavy maintenance facility
Qantas Defence Services - avionics and engine maintenance
Raytheon Australia - avionics maintenance and logistics centre
Singapore Flying College - pilot training
Tasman Aviation Enterprises (TAE) - Australia's leading gas turbine and aerospace general engineering company
Vector Aerospace - engine maintenance
Virgin Australia - Australian headquarters and B-737 maintenance base

Queensland is also home to AUVS-Australia - an affiliate to the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), the world's largest non-profit organisation devoted exclusively to advancing the unmanned systems community.