Synopsis
2026 Air and Space Power Conference, National Convention Centre, Canberra, 17 March 2026.
The Air and Space Power Conference 2026 addressed the topic of air and space power in national defence.
Australia, like many middle powers, faces a challenging strategic environment framed by our geographic, demographic, economic, and industrial realities.
As part of the integrated focused force, the Royal Australian Air Force is building fighting depth to address this new paradigm, which presents potential challenges that are powerful, close to home and long lasting.
We are building fighting depth to ensure Australian air and space power can generate and exploit depth in posture, space, and time to continue to give Australian Governments more options, in more places, more often.
Australia’s approach to building fighting depth is detailed in Concept ASPECT.
The underpinning purpose of the 2026 Air and Space Power Conference was the provision of professional military education on topics of relevance; this conference is the only event on the Air Force calendar focused primarily on enhancing air power education outside of specific Professional Military Education and Training courses.
The conference was open to all Defence Personnel, Defence Contractors, Defence Industry and members of the public.
Conference Closing Address was led by:
Air Marshal Stephen Chappell, DSC, CSC, OAM