PORT CANAVERAL IS HOME TO CRITICAL NATIONAL SECURITY OPERATIONS AND INFRASTRUCTURE. A PLETHORA OF SPACE AND DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS AND PROGRAMS, MANY OF THEM HIGHLY CLASSIFIED, ARE SITUATED EITHER INSIDE THE PORT OR WITHIN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY:

• NASA Kennedy Space Center and Visitor Complex • Patrick Air Force Base • Cape Canaveral Air Force Station • U.S. Navy Trident submarine base (Trident Turning Basin) • Top secret Air Force space plane • National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) spy satellites • Department of Defense/Boeing GPS satellites • SpaceX resupply missions to the International Space Station • SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket • NASA Orion deep space capsule project and test launches • United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy Rocket • United Launch Alliance Atlas V Rocket • Nuclear submarines resupply operations • Lockheed Martin Fleet Ballistic Missile Eastern Ranger Operations • Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC) – Seismic, hydroacoustic and satellite monitoring of nuclear treaty signatory nations • Air Force Space Command/45th Space Wing • Air Force 920th Rescue Wing (Combat Search and Rescue) • Craig Technologies Aerospace and Defense Manufacturing Center • Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) • U.S. Coast Guard Station Port Canaveral • Department of Homeland Security – Customs and Border Protection • Numerous defense contractors (too many too list)