Australian Defence Industries
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Australian Defence Industries (ADI) is the primary defence contractor for the Australian Defence Force. It provides most standard equipment for the ADF from the F88 Austeyr (Based on the Steyr AUG) to designs for vessels for the Australian Navy. ADI also produces a variety of smokeless powders for reloading rifle, pistol & shotgun cartridges.
In previous years, ADI was the sole defence contractor in Australia however this has changed with the creation of the Tenix Group company, Tenix Defence.
ADI is based on Garden Island Naval Base in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Though They also Maintain a R&D/Custom production Facility in Brisbane, Australia. In 2004 they applied to the Australian Equal Opportunities Commission to exclude workers of certain nationalities for security reasons. [1]