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Encyclopedia > Australian Defence Industries

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. The Australian Defence Force numbers about 53,000 active duty personnel. ... Steyr AUG refers to a family of firearms, first introduced in 1977 by the Austrian company Steyr Mannlicher. ...


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 in Perth, 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] Perth is the name of several towns and cities: Perth, Scotland is the original Perth, after which the others are named, and the administrative town of the region of Perth and Kinross in Scotland. ...


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