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Our Experience

AeroPM places high performing talent into key project roles including Project Managers, Project Engineering Managers, T&E Managers, Certification Managers and Commercial manager roles. Our people provide both the strategic and tactical skills to ensure your project achieves success. AeroPM has experience supporting over 24 major capital acquisition projects in Defence as well as sustainment of capabilities.

Air Domain

​DEF 6014: Loyal Wingman

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DEF 6014: Loyal Wingman

The Airpower Teaming System (ATS), designed and developed by Boeing Phantom Works’ Australian team for inclusion in Boeing Autonomous Systems portfolio, is a fighter-sized unmanned system designed to operate in conjunction with manned systems as a ‘loyal wingman’. AeroPM is supporting the Loyal Wingman project with a Project Engineering Manager, developing key artefacts such as the Aviation Safety and Airworthiness Management Plan, and other core capability definition documentation. ​

​AIR 5349: Airborne 
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AIR 5349: Airborne Electronic Attack

AIR 5349 introduces the EA-18G Super Hornet aircraft to the RAAF. The scope of the AIR 5349 Phase 3 Growler Airborne Electronic Attack project includes electronic warfare (EW) training range capabilities both in the Western Training Area located west of RAAF Base Amberley, where the 12 aircraft will be based, and at the Delamere Air Weapons Range managed by RAAF Base Tindal, which together are known as the Mobile Threat Training Emitter System (MTTES). AeroPM is providing specialist Test and Evaluation support for the MTTES capability to AIR5349. ​

​​​Air Command: 
​Air Force Safety Always Program
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​​Air Command: Air Force Safety Always Program

In 2018, the Royal Australian Air Force Safety Always Program (ASAP) was established by the Chief of Air Force to invest in a long term organisational change management initiative, which aims to reduce the rate of safety events and incidents across more than 50 employment groups who serve in six culturally different Force Element Groups. AeroPM led the development of a marketing and communication strategy, that provides for practical application of best practice communication and change management theory including the Prosci ADKAR® Model of individual and organisational change (awareness, desire, knowledge, action and reinforcement). A range of practical communication tools were developed to cater for the broad scope of stakeholders internal and external to Air Force, across all levels of the chain of command.

​AIR 8000: C-27 Spartan Battlefield Airlifter
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​AIR 8000: C-27 Spartan Battlefield Airlifter

AeroPM is supporting the C-27 Battlefield Airlifter in three critical areas within AIR 8000 including 1) program performance for transition through to achievement of Final Operating Capability (FOC), 2) Project Management and Project Engineering Management of the Avionics Block Upgrade Program, and 3) engineering and certification of the IFF Mode 5 upgrade. In support of these projects, AeroPM is leveraging from the collective experience our personnel have obtained through delivery, transition and introduction-into-service of RAAF aircraft.

​AIR 3024: Woomera Range System Remediation

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AIR 3024: Woomera Range System Remediation

AeroPM is supporting the RAAF Air Warfare Centre (AWC) by leading the Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) of the Woomera Range Remediation Project. AIR 3024 is installing state of the art fixed and mobile range control systems as well as mobile radars, optical sensors and communications equipment. AeroPM are leveraging their Test and Evaluation experience to plan, conduct and report on OT&E for the upgraded range in support of Initial and Final Operating Capability milestones.

​Air Mobility Capability Assurance Program

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​Air Mobility Capability Assurance Program

The Air Mobility Capability Assurance Program seeks a coordinated Air Mobility Group program approach to future capability assurance upgrades to the Royal Australian Air Force's Air Mobility Capability.  AeroPM supported the Air Mobility Capability Assurance Program program with Program Integrating OCD (PIOCD) development and support. AeroPM has also completed an Electronic Warfare Self Protection (EWSP) study for AMCAP and an Asset Management study. Additionally, AeroPM has developed an Information Exchange Improvement Program and Mission Requirements Breakdown Structure (RBS) for the AMCAP. 

​AIR 555: Airborne ISREW Aircraft Acquisition

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​AIR 555: Airborne ISREW Aircraft Acquisition

AeroPM is supporting the AIR 555 Phase 1 – Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, Electronic Warfare (ISREW) program with transition planning support and ICT accreditation support.  AeroPM is also providing engineering and certification support to the Resident Project Team in Texas USA. The G550 Peregrine will enable Defence to actively strengthen electronic warfare support to naval, air and land forces for operations in complex electromagnetic environments. Further, AeroPM supported development and management of the AIR555 Material Support Agreement (MSA) with our Corporate Performance specialist and is now developing the Sustainment Contract and strategy. 

​Defence Aviation Safety Authority
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​Defence Aviation Safety Authority

The Defence Aviation Safety Authority (DASA) prescribes initial airworthiness design standards for aircraft and ship's aviation facilities, provides standards interpretation expertise and promotion for selected initial airworthiness design disciplines, defines and promotes initial airworthiness certification requirements for aircraft and ship's aviation facilities, and assesses the sufficiency of proposals for initial airworthiness certification of aircraft and ships aviation facilities. AeroPM supported DASA through provision of a number of airworthiness and certification subject matter experts to assess the sufficiency of the AIR 8000 C-27 Battlefield Airlifter proposal for issue of Military Type Certification. 

​Timothy Ryan has been drafted into the Air Domain Centre to help solve some of the systemic problems plaguing ADF aviation with respect to technical publications. Through successive airworthiness boards across a wide range of flying platforms, Defence is being challenged with the accuracy, completeness, readability and access of the Orders, Instructions and Publications to maintain a 5th Generation Air Force and associated weapon platforms. Timothy is working with a former Director General Technical Airworthiness to solve the systemic issues that are beyond any one Systems Program Office or Chief Engineer to solve. He will utilise his superior engineering acumen, project management background and pragmatic solution sets to achieve this over the forthcoming six months.

​AIR 3021 Ph1: Mobile Electronic Warfare Threat Emitter System

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AIR 3021 Phase 1: Mobile Electronic Warfare Threat Emitter System

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has recently acquired and/or has upgraded aircraft with modern electronic warfare self-protection (EWSP) suites. The EWSP systems monitor the electromagnetic spectrum and provide situational awareness across a broad spectrum of threats, including but not limited to; Surface to Air Missile Systems (SAMS), Man Portable Air Defence Systems (MANPADS) and guided Anti-Air Artillery (AAA). AIR3021Ph1 is to augment the live airborne EWSP training system with the ability to support training, up to pre-deployment mission rehearsal, against surface to air threats for ADF air platforms. AeroPM is providing Air Force Headquarters assistance to develop and manage the Gate 2 business case for AIR3021Ph1.

​AIR 6500: Integrated Air and Missile Defence

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​AIR 6500: Integrated Air and Missile Defence

Project Air 6500 will see the development and integration of a Joint Battle Management System (JBMS) that will interconnect the many disparate platforms, systems and sensors across the air, land, sea, space, electromagnetic and cyber domains into a collaborative environment that provides shared situational awareness of the battlespace and the ability to rapidly plan responses to threats. AeroPM is currently supporting AIR 6500 with engineering support and technical risk mitigation activities. AeroPM has also conducted an IIP project interdependency analysis for AIR 6500 and supported Specification Development and sensor acquisition planning. 

Aerospace Explosive Ordnance SPO
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​​Aerospace Explosive Ordnance SPO

To maintain a degree of self-reliance and flexibility, the capability and capacity to adapt aircraft stores/weapons to meet ADF needs is vital. There is also a requirement for the ADF to remain a ‘smart customer’ when undertaking aircraft/stores acquisition strategies. To support this capability requirement, an appropriate engineering management system to enable approval and acceptance of aircraft/stores configurations, and personnel competent in Aerospace Stores Compatibility (ASC) and Explosive Ordnance (EO) technical integrity are required. AeroPM ​provides Engineering and logistics services specific to this area within the Aerospace Explosive Ordnance Systems Program Office.​

AIR 5428 Phase 3: Future Mission Training System (F-MTS)

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AIR 5428 Phase 3: Future Mission Training System (F-MTS)

AIR5428 Phase 3 will deliver an integrated, fifth generation training system for the Air Academy using modern training tools, methodologies and support systems to generate non-pilot air mission specialist candidates ready for operational conversion to meet the needs of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) until post 2040. AeroPM provides engineering support and requirements development for AIR5428 Phase 3. ​

​AIR 6000: Joint Strike Fighter

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​AIR 6000: Joint Strike Fighter

The F-35A Joint Strike Fighter is the Australian Defence Force’s first fifth-generation air combat capability. It is a highly advanced multi-role, supersonic, stealth fighter which will meet Australia’s requirements to defeat current and emerging threats. The F-35A is at the forefront of air combat technology.  Its advanced sensors and data fusion allows it to gather more information and share it with other Air Force aircraft, Navy ships and Army units quicker than ever before. 

AeroPM provided project management and logistics advice and services in support of the JSF in-service support team. AeroPM contributed to the planning and conduct of activities associated with the arrival of the first JSF aircraft at RAAF Base Tindal in November 2021. This involved collecting and reviewing existing plans and schedules, and working with a diverse range of stakeholders to identify conflicts and determine alternative courses of action.

​​Air Warfare 
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​Air Warfare Centre

The Air Warfare Centre exists to deliver timely and relevant advice to the warfighter in response to operational and tactical problems facing the products and services delivered by the Air Force. It is deliberately structured to draw on Subject Matter Experts from across all Air Force domains in formulating recommendations and seeking answers to operational and tactical warfighting challenges. It will actively engage Joint, Allied, Australian Defence Organisation and Industry Stakeholders to deliver the best possible operational solution. AeroPM is providing Field Service Representative capability to the Air Warfare Centre for Electronic Flight Bags (EFBs). 

Lewis Hill has been selected to ensure that the Capability Manager's responsibilities are met with respect to aeronautical information and the electronic flight bag system. These two aspects - maps for the highways in the sky and the system for which to view these maps - are clearly vital to ADF aviation. Lewis' efforts will support fixed wing, rotary wing and unmanned flight domestically and overseas, on operations, exercises and raise-train-sustain tasking. His background as an C-130J Captain and Electronic Flight Bag Officer for Number 84 Wing will provide him the crucial end-user experience to help ensure that the Capability Manager's responsibilities are met with the warfighter in mind.

Joint Domain

​JP 2089: MTN Initial Common Support 

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​JP 2089: MTN Initial Common Support Infrastructure ​​

Development of the ADF’s Joint Data Network (JDN Sub-Program) capabilities will contribute to achieving a better integrated Joint Force. This enables planning to evolve the ADF’s data network capabilities as new systems are introduced and as Fifth generation platforms transition into service. The program will modernise and better support the ADF’s communication between units and provide commanders with greater situation awareness when managing key operations. AeroPM joined the JP 2089 Joint Data Network (JDN) Sub-program team to achieve FMR and technical certification within six months. AeroPM has provided JP 2089 with specialist Integrated Logistics Support Management (ILSM), Project Engineering Management and Technical Certification services. 

JC4I SPO: Mission Planning 
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​​JC4I SPO: Mission Planning Systems

The proliferation of computer-based Flight and Mission Planning Systems (MPS) provide substantial efficiencies for aviation flight and mission planning over the traditional approaches to flight planning. MPS also reduce the need to spend precious on-aircraft time manually entering large amounts of flight and mission data into modern Flight Management Systems (FMS) and Mission Computers (MC) by allowing the operator to prepare the data on a desktop computer system in an office environment or operations room beforehand. AeroPM supported JC4ISPO with Mission Planning System management and contract management. ​

JP 9347: MTN Sub-Program
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JP 9347: MTN Sub-Program

The Multi-Tactical Data Link Network (MTN) passes information and data automatically and rapidly between military platforms and systems within joint and coalition taskgroups. The MTN is critical to the common tactical and common operating pictures that enable battlefield coordination. The MTN Sub Program within the C4 Program will upgrade and support mission critical systems of the ADF MTN and associated facilities to enable ADF command and control for single service, joint and multi-national operations. AeroPM is providing sustainment support, transition management and engineering support to JP 9347. For the CASG team, AeroPM has lead the development of the OCD and FMS, as well as the technical risk reduction activities. 

JP 9111: Joint Command and Control (C2)

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​​JP 9111: Joint Command and Control (C2)

AeroPM is supporting the Joint Command and Control (C2) project as the project progresses through the applicable Capability Life Cycle phase in support of Government Committee Approval. AeroPM played a critical role in the development of critical capability, engineering, project management and acquisition documentation suite. AeroPM was vital in the establishment of the project’s Test and Evaluation concepts and strategies through the development of the project Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP). AeroPM provides Program Delivery and Program Technical Capability management for JP9111, as well as a Planning and Execution specialist. 

​​JP 2060: Deployable Health
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​​​​​JP 2060: Deployable Health

JP2060 Phase 4 seeks to acquire and sustain a commercial, information technology (IT), enterprise knowledge solution that captures health data, and collates and manages the information across the ADF health care continuum within the deployed and non-deployed, garrison environment. The solution will be required to provide greater healthcare business functionality, utilise an efficient health informatics process and enable efficient and safe, evidenced based, patient-centric care. AeroPM developed the Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) for JP 2060. 

​​​JP 9380: Position, Navigation and Timing

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​​JP 9380: Position, Navigation and Timing​

AeroPM was tasked by Defence Innovation Hub to conduct a Rapid Assessment Study on alternate Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) Systems for Strategic Policy and Intelligence (SP&I) Group. The intent of this Rapid Assessment was to assess what systems are currently available or are approaching production readiness that can provide Position, Navigation and/or Timing data independent of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS).

Land Domain

​LAND 2097: Special Operations Helicopters

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​​​​LAND 2097: Special Operations Helicopters

Defence is planning to acquire a fleet of up to 16 light helicopters to enhance the aviation capability of Australian Special Operations Forces through increased mobility, direct air support and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) as part of LAND 2097 Phase 4. The helicopters are to be proven (already in service) commercial or military off the shelf, optimised for operating in dense urban environments, and capable of being rapidly deployed by air transport in ADF C-17 aircraft. AeroPM is supporting LAND 2097 with Project Engineering Support and Capability Definition Documentation. 

​LAND 1771: Geospatial Support System

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​LAND 177: Geospatial Support System

LAND 1771 will deliver a modernised Geospatial Support System (GSS) for the joint land force, capable of collecting, managing, analysing and disseminating geospatial data and imagery. The GSS will further enable and improve rapid terrain understanding and situational awareness, navigation, and mission management systems on both domestic and overseas operations.
The project will deliver a common fleet of fixed and deployable computer systems, and a range of geospatial and survey collection systems in the land, air and littoral environments, employed by scalable and agile teams of technicians working in both connected and disconnected/ disrupted communication environments.

LAND 154: Counter IED

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LAND 154: Counter IED

An improvised explosive device (IED) is a bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action. IEDs continue to represent a major threat to conventional Defence forces around the world. AeroPM led the Engineering aspects between Gate 1 and Gate 2 for LAND 154 Phase 2 - dismounted and vehicle mounted Force Protection Electronic Countermeasures (FPECM) and Weapons Technical Intelligence. For LAND 154 Phase 2 AeroPM was responsible for engineering management, developing RFT packs, leading technical tender evaluations and contact negotiations, developing Vehicle Installation Kit strategies and RFT packs, leading FPECM equipment trials and developing RF Compatibility plans. AeroPM ​also supported LAND 154 Phase 3B Capability Definition Documentation suite development. AeroPM currently provides ILS and engineering support for Weapons Technical Intelligence acquisition and FPECM, as well as project management of Vehicle Installation Kits (VIK). 

LAND 53-1BR: Soldier Combat Systems

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​​LAND 53-1BR: Soldier Combat Systems

The recent Government approval for Land 53 Phase 1 BR (L53-1BR) Night Fighting Equipment (NFE) Replacement has enabled the ADF to again take the lead with cutting edge NFE technology. The project went to tender in April 2014 and after extensive deliberation and evaluation was approved in late 2016. As a result Australia will continue to maintain technological edge for ADF combatants via L53-1BR. This acquisition will replace the legacy Ninox night vision goggles (NVG), lasers, mounts and head harnesses with cutting edge and market leading equipment enhancing the lethality and situational awareness of combatants. AeroPM provided test and evaluation services to the LAND53-1BR project for the delivery of enhanced Night Fighting Equipment (eNFE). ​

LAND 200: Battlefield Command Systems

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​​​LAND 200: Battlefield Command Systems

The wider LAND 200 project is ‘a multi-tranche program that will modernise the command and control of the Joint Land Force’. The capability will provide modern information technology to link sensors, weapon systems, commanders and their personnel in a networked environment. This will allow personnel to access and exchange command, control, situational awareness, and targeting information regardless of the operational scenario. AeroPM is providing contract management support for the Battlefield Command Systems program  and previously provided Integrated Logistics Support Management for the program.

Deployable Wide Area Network (DWAN)