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=== Defence industry === [[File:US Navy 040823-N-3019M-003 The Australian Collins-class submarine, HMAS Rankin (SSK 78), enters Pearl Harbor for a port visit after completing exercises in the Pacific region.jpg|thumb|The Adelaide-built {{sclass|Collins|submarine|2}} {{HMAS|Rankin|SSG 78|6}} entering [[Pearl Harbor]], August 2004]] Adelaide is home to a large proportion of Australia's defence industries, which contribute over A$1 billion to South Australia's Gross State Product.<ref>[http://indaily.com.au/news/2013/08/28/defence-interactive/ Visualised: How Defence dominates govt tenders in SA] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128151001/http://indaily.com.au/news/2013/08/28/defence-interactive/ |date=28 January 2016 }} ''InDaily'', 28 August 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2016.</ref> The principal government military research institution, the [[Defence Science and Technology Organisation]], and other defence technology organisations such as [[BAE Systems Australia]] and Lockheed Martin Australia, are north of Salisbury and west of Elizabeth in an area now called "Edinburgh Parks", adjacent to [[RAAF Base Edinburgh]]. Others, such as Saab Systems and Raytheon, are in or near [[Technology Park, Adelaide|Technology Park]]. [[ASC Pty Ltd]], is based in the industrial suburb of [[Osborne, South Australia|Osborne]] and is also a part of [[Technology Park, Adelaide|Technology Park]]. South Australia was charged with constructing Australia's {{sclass|Collins|submarine|1}}s and more recently the A$6 billion contract to construct the [[Royal Australian Navy]]'s new [[Hobart-class destroyer|air-warfare destroyers]].<ref>[http://www.defencesa.com/ ''South Australia: The Defence Industry Choice''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731112615/http://www.defencesa.com/ |date=31 July 2012 }}, Defence SA.</ref>
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