defence security transport headquarters sydney australia key people c. jenkins ceo australia new zealand revenue a around 1 billion 2014 1 number of employees 3200 1 parent thales group website thales australia website thales australia formerly adi limited is a primary defence contractor for the australian defence force based in australia . services edit thales australia is best known for its naval ship repair operations and currently leases the captain cook graving dock at garden island naval base in sydney new south wales and also leases and occupies many of the buildings there . adi s large site in st mary s in western sydney is progressively being repatriated for residential development with their munitions capability being consolidated in benalla victoria and their testing facilities being sold to vipac engineers and scientists . adi manufactured the steyr aug based f88 austeyr assault rifle at lithgow small arms factory . adi also produced a variety of smokeless powders for reloading rifle pistol & shotgun cartridges production of australian armoured vehicles such as the bushmaster hawkei and producing australian specific modifications to imported military vehicles . in previous years adi was the sole defence contractor in australia although this changed with the creation of the tenix group company tenix defence . adi was based on garden island naval base in sydney new south wales though they also maintained 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 . 2 in october 2006 the australian federal government allowed transfield holdings to sell their 50 % shareholding in adi to the thales group s australian holdings the australian branch of the french military engineering firm . all adi operations have been taken over by the company which is now known as thales australia . 3 references edit a b thales australia corporate presentation 26 03 10 . thales australia . 26 march 2010 . retrieved 2010 10 19 . defence firm seeks to exclude workers based on nationality . abc news . australian broadcasting corporation . 2 september 2004 . archived from the original on 18 april 2008 . retrieved 4 august 2008 . australia gives thales green light to fully acquire adi . defense news . 10 december 2006 . retrieved 4 february 2008 . external links edit thales australia website adi thales smokeless powder handloaders guide official ran anzac frigate listing thales australia bushmaster page v t e thales group divisions and subsidiaries thales air defence thales australia thales communications thales navigation thales nederland thales optronics thales rail signalling solutions thales training & simulation thales underwater systems joint ventures dcns 25 % eurosam 33 % soteria search and rescue telespazio 33 % thales alenia space 67 % thalesraytheonsystems 50 % products an prc 148 blowpipe bushmaster protected 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