The Air and Space Power Conference 2026 will address 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.