Capabilities

Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs)

• STC minor variation approvals (CASR 21.120B)
• STC development
• CASA liaison
• Certification Plans
• Conformity inspections

Special Mission Modifications

• Aerial survey and scientific research
• Aeromedical and air-ambulance
• Firefighting and water bombing
• Police and law-enforcement
• Search and Rescue (SAR), and maritime patrol
• Defence (ADF DASA CVE) and DSTG
• Cabin reconfigurations and running loads
• Major structural and mechanical modifications

Other Specialist Services

• Fatigue and Damage Tolerance (FDT) assessments
• Flammability testing and burn certificates
• Load testing and flight testing
• Research and development (design studies)
• Design review and assessment
• Engineering project management

CASA Part 21 Design Approvals

• Modification/repair design approvals (CASR 21.M)
• Engineering Orders (EO), Flight Manual Supplements (FMS), Instructions for Continued Airworthiness (ICA) and Maintenance Manual Supplements (MMS)

Design

• Camera holes, hatches, and doors
• Baggage pods and radomes
• EO/IR (FLIR) cameras, radars, and antennas
• Equipment racks and operator consoles
• Life extension programs
• Cargo nets, straps, and bags
• Seats, belts, and harnesses
• Storage cabinets and galleys
• Patient stretchers and loaders
• and much more!

Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing (CAD/CAM)

• AFGROW crack growth and fracture mechanics
• Strand 7 finite element analysis (FEA)
• SolidWorks 3D modelling and design
• AutoCAD 2D drafting

Weight And Balance Approvals​

• Weight and balance approvals (CAO 100.7)
• Aircraft reweighs
• Weight and balance summaries, load data sheets, weight and balance records
• Electronic loading systems
• Loading manuals

New Technology Interests

3D Printing - On Demand Component Manufacture

• Metal and polymer components
• Primary and secondary structures
• Tertiary components

Electric Aircraft Conversions

• Electric motor replacement of internal combustion engines
• Battery and fuel cell replacement of petroleum fuel tanks

Advanced Communications

• 5G mobile infrastructure
• Satellite broadband constellations

Air Taxi Certification

• Flight Control Software and Architecture
• Within close proximity to buildings and structures
• Noise abatement
• Li-Ion Battery Safety

UAV/RPV Certification and Operation (Drones).

• Airspace sharing protocols
• Affordable ADS-B and sense and avoid systems
• 5G aerial repeaters (high altitude, long endurance)
• Commuter transportation (low altitude, short endurance)

Advanced Safety Systems

• Vehicle parachutes
• Occupant airbags
• Occupant escape systems
• Automated vehicle recovery systems

Aerospace

• Capture of low earth orbit satellite constellations
• Commercialisation of rocket and launch industry