Mr Chris Lloyd, Vice President Naval, Thales Australia, today announced that Thales would be continuing its Ruby sponsorship of the Submarine Institute of Australia. In welcoming this news, SIA President Rear Admiral Peter Briggs recognised the important and long-standing relationship between Thales Australia and the SIA and said that "the support of our sponsors is vital if we are to continue to sell the message of the value of submarines in Australian defence to Government and the Australian public. As our inaugural sponsor, Thales Australia has made an important contribution to the SIA's achievement of its objectives and for that we are very grateful."
