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ADI is a leading Australian defence, systems and engineering company. The company provides a broad spectrum of technologies, systems, products and services both in the defence and commercial sectors. Annual turnover is around $700m with a highly skilled workforce of 2,500. ADI is owned by Australian engineering and infrastructure company, Transfield Holdings and leading international defence and electronics company, Thales.

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Electronic Systems | Naval | Land - Ordnance
Land - Engineering & Vehicles


Electronic Systems

    General enquiries for Electronic Systems

    Street address:
    Level 1, Building 314
    Garden Island NSW 2011
    Australia

    Postal Address:
    Locked Bag 3000
    Potts Point NSW 2011
    Australia

    Contact: Vern Gallagher
    Telephone: +61 2 6120 5151
    Facsimile: +61 2 6120 5101

This group designs, installs and supports world-class defence and commercial systems for national and international customers. Specialist capabilities include:

    Systems integration

    Communications and communications networks

    Command support software

    Combat system software

    Commercial E-business systems

    Supply and support optronics systems

    Security systems

    Calibration

    Airborne mission systems

    Mission planning systems

    IS3 (Information Systems, Software & Services)


Naval

This business group undertakes the role of prime or lead contractor and principal systems integrator for complex projects that involve technology from ADI's business groups, its shareholders Transfield Holdings and Thales and other subcontractors. Major capabilities include:

Project management including turnkey, design and construct, and installation

Systems engineering including design, development, manufacture, and testing and commissioning

Whole ship platform production

Current major programs include the upgrade of the Navy’s guided missile frigates. Future programs include prime contracting the construction of two LHD Amphibious Ships for the RAN.

While Naval business group’s strength is in naval programs it is also active in other naval market segments including the development and implementation of combat management and command support systems.

Aerospace/helicopter - ADI has teamed with Eurocopter for the armed reconnaissance helicopter program.

Weapon systems

Mine countermeasures

Commercial maritime support


Land - Ordnance

The Land Ordnance business group designs, develops, manufactures, stores and distributes a diverse product range of ordnance for both Defence and commercial applications, including propellants, small arms weapons, light engineering and ammunition projects together with managing the storage and distribution of explosive ordnance.  It has a long-term agreement to supply munitions to the Australian Defence Force from ADI's manufacturing facility in Benalla, Victoria.  Manufacturing covers some 40 product lines including Small Arms Ammunition (SAA) for rifles, machine guns and cannon, large calibre ammunition for Naval and field artillery use, together with grenades, aircraft bombs and numerous miscellaneous items.  Propellants, chemicals and high explosives are manufactured at our Mulwala, New South Wales facility.  ADI has also developed Australia's first small insensitive munitions capability at Mulwala to fill the warheads for the Royal Australian Navy's Penguin air-to-surface missiles.

ADI's Lithgow facility, loacted in New South Wales, manufactures small arms weapons including the 5.56mm Austeyr individual weapon and the 5.56 Minimi light-support weapon as well as SAFLOK handcuffs and aeronautical control fins.  Numerous miscellaneous items are also manufactured due to the comprehensive light engineering capability of the facility.  ADI also maintain a capable design house for munitions products centred in Melbourne.

Through another long-term contract, ADI store, maintain and distribute Australian Defence Force munitions. Headquartered at Orchard Hills in NSW, this business operates Australia-wide and distributes munitions to the Australian Defence Force throughout Australia.


Land - Engineering & Vehicles

This business group's capabilities include the design, development, integration, project management, manufacture and through life support a range of defence and civil equipment for both local and international customers.  Of specific note, ADI produces the Bushmaster, an infantry mobility vehicle that provides ballistic and mine blast protection for up to 10 troops while having unrivalled situation awareness, fatigue reduction features and the ability to rapidly deploy over long distances.  Additionally the High Mobility Engineering Vehicle (HMEV) which is a purpose built military backhoe tractor capable of a range of engineering functions and also rapid self deployment at convoy speeds of up to 100 km/hr