Our Team - T&E

Joel
Cape
Test & Evaluation Certification Airworthiness

Joel Cape

Joel is a Senior Test and Evaluation Consultant. He has an extensive military and civil aviation background, including as a Qualified Flying Instructor and Qualified Test Pilot on numerous military aircraft types. Additional experience include multiple operational tours and roles as a senior Check and Training Captain, Instrument Rating Examiner, Aviation Safety Officer, Flight authorisation officer and as a technical advisor to the Australian Airline Pilots Association. Joel has been flight test lead and test pilot on numerous significant projects including both systems as well as performance and handling elements.
Joel holds an Airline Transport Pilot Licence as well as instructor ratings, and is a member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots. He is a graduate of the professional long course and achieved a Master’s degree in flight test from the National Test Pilots School in CA, USA.

Wesley Dowling
Project Engineer
Test & Evaluation
Cyber Security

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Wesley Dowling

Wesley is a Senior Consultant with experience in
project engineering, systems engineering, test and
evaluation, and cyber security analysis. As a systems
and project engineering professional, Wesley has
worked within reputable OEMs to lead the
development, verification and delivery of ground
system upgrades, airborne software, and flight test
instrumentation capabilities to Defence. He has also
evaluated and certified bespoke airborne software on
behalf of Defence. As a flight test engineer, Wesley
has evaluated rotary-wing aircraft during Ship-
Helicopter Operating Limit (SHOL) development
programmes on behalf of foreign Defence
organisations, including the Danish and New Zealand
Defence Forces. As an Operational Test and
Evaluation (OT&E) Lead, Wesley has evaluated fixed
and deployable Air Traffic Management and Air Battle
Management systems, including surveillance sensors,
on behalf of the Royal Australian Air Force. And as a
Cyber Security Analyst, Wesley has led a team to
develop ICT security assessments of airborne mission
system and ground system modifications. Wesley is
accomplished in the activities, lifecycles, and
deliverables necessary to develop, evaluate and
deliver complex engineering systems for Defence
customers. Wesley holds a Bachelor of Engineering in
Mechatronics (University of New South Wales) and a
Masters in Software Engineering (University of
Oxford).

https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesley-dowling/

Claire
Knight
Test & Evaluation
Sys Engineering
Project Management

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Claire Knight

Claire is an accomplished, technically proficient program manager with over 30 years experience in the Defence/ Aviation industry, both in Australia and overseas. She has led a number of complex programs with teams up to 250 personnel and is skilled at engaging with stakeholders and managing risk. With a unique perspective having worked in the military, APS, Defence Primes and SMEs she is experienced in tackling challenging program issues.
Underpinning her experience she has qualifications in Aeronautical engineering/ flight test; Program management; Systems engineering and Space Operations, and is a graduate of the AICD course.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-knight-82539a158/

Peter
Nugent
Test & Evaluation Certification Airworthiness

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Peter Nugent

Peter is a talented aerospace engineer with demonstrated success in flight test engineering, certification, airworthiness, operations and project management. During his twenty years of service with the RAAF, Peter led teams on overseas operations and loves to project air power in support of the Australian Government. His flight test tours have seen him lead many critical flight test programs that have grown Australia’s capabilities related to stores clearance and air-to-air refuelling in particular. He is a Distinguished Graduate of the National Test Pilot School, USA, a Chartered Professional Engineer with and has been conferred as a Fellow into Engineers Australia and is a Graduate of the AICD Course.
www.linkedin.com/in/petenugent

Stuart
Zeuner
Test & Evaluation Certification Airworthiness

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Stuart Zeuner

Stuart is a talented engineering manager with demonstrated success in maritime test and evaluation, flight test engineering, certification, airworthiness, operations and project management. In his 20+ years of professional engineering experience, Stuart has achieved many successes across both defence and industry on programs of national strategic importance including the Air Warfare Destroyer, the Future Submarine Program and as a Flight Test Engineer with the Royal Australian Air Force. Stuart is a distinguished graduate of the National Test Pilot School, USA, and a Chartered Professional Engineer with Fellow status in Engineers Australia.

Kevin
Beaulne
Test & Evaluation Capability Strategy Project Management

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Kevin Beaulne

Kevin is a decorated leader and veteran of two armed forces with 25 years’ service and 13 years’ experience in Defence Industry. He is highly organised and analytical with extensive experience in military operations, projects, campaigns, and trials. Kevin’s military experience includes over 6000 hours flying versions of the P3 aircraft on maritime patrol, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, both in peacetime and war.

Kevin’s Test and Evaluation experience reaches back to 1998 when he participated in the Acceptance Test and Evaluation (AT&E) of the new AP-3C Operational Mission Simulator (OMS). After AT&E, Kevin planned and led the OT&E and introduction into operational service of the OMS. In 2011, as the Deputy Director Test and Evaluation at the Australian Defence Test and Evaluation Office, Kevin supervised and led trials for multiple platforms in the joint domain. During this time, he also completed both the OT&E Course and the UAV T&E Course at the National Test Pilot School in Palmdale, California. After completing this training, he planned and executed the OT&E for the Army's Shadow 200 Tactical UAV, immediately prior to its operational deployment to Afghanistan.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-beaulne-csc-mir-677b0537/

Matthew
Kitchin
Test & Evaluation Certification
Airworthiness

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Matthew Kitchin

Matthew Kitchin is a long course qualified Flight Test Systems Specialist having graduated from the US Naval Test Pilot School in 2011. Over the course of his military career, Matthew Kitchin was a Navigator and Tactical Coordinator on the AP-3C Orions at both 10 and 11 SQN, and following his stint at the US Naval Test Pilot School, he spent time at ARDU, in the Growler Transition Office and the P-8A Integrated Test Team. He also recently completed time in the B300 Transition Cell as an Air Combat Officer Training Manager and finally as a Network Integration Manager within C4ISR Design before transitioning to AeroPM.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-kitchin/

David
Jarrett
Test & Evaluation Certification
Airworthiness

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David Jarrett

David is a diverse aerospace engineer with experience in test and evaluation, systems engineering, acquisition, and project management. As a senior Flight Test Engineer, David has experience in the maritime and air domains supporting navy aircraft ship integration and in operational evaluation of air weapons range instrumentation.

David has a proven ability to lead small and large teams in technical and operational environments, engaging with stakeholders to understand, substantiate and communicate relevant hazards, whilst maintaining a focus on operational capability. He is a graduate of the Empire Test Pilot School, a Chartered Professional Engineer with Engineers Australia and a Certified Practicing Project Manager with the Australian Institute of Project Managers.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidjarrett76

Jason
De Iuliis
Test & Evaluation
Capability Definition
Airworthiness

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Jason
De Iuliis

Jason is an expert Test Pilot, Leader and Senior Test and Evaluation professional with extensive experience in planning, conduct and reporting of T&E activities. He has an extensive background in military aviation as a Qualified Test Pilot and Qualified Flying Instructor. Together with expertise in fighter instruction, category assessment and instrument rating examination; he has a diverse and unique spectrum of T&E experience spanning across air and ground domains, inclusive of multiple aviation platforms whilst covering research, developmental, acceptance, preview and operational test and evaluation activities.
Jason has an egalitarian approach to leadership which helps him elicit collaborative team-based solutions making him expert in liaison, facilitation, and management. This combined with his analytic propensity, has resulted in accelerated capability outcomes that are customer focused and operationally contemporary, providing robust solutions in complex multi-platform environments. Further, he possesses specialist skill and experience in Operational Risk Management, Human Factors, Aviation Safety Management Systems, Safety Investigation, Airworthiness Regulation, Airborne Instruction and Training, Training Development and Flying Supervision.
Jason is a graduate of the Empire Test Pilots’ School and associate member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasondeiuliis/

Oliver
Glendon
Test & Evaluation Certification
Airworthiness

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Oliver Glendon

Oliver is an accomplished aerospace engineer with experience in test and evaluation, systems engineering, acquisition, and project management. As a senior Flight Test Engineer, Oliver has a history in both civil and military aircraft development, certification, and airworthiness. He has a proven ability to solve problems, manage risk, and perform accurate decision-making under dynamically changing conditions, while ensuring test program goals are accomplished on time.

For the past four years, Oliver has been managing complex multinational defence trials, demonstrating his capability to handle high-stakes projects in demanding environments. He is a Graduate of the United States Naval Test Pilot School, USA, and a Chartered Professional Engineer with Engineers Australia.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliverglendon/

Heath
Rowe
Test & Evaluation
Certification
Airworthiness

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Heath Rowe

Heath is an accomplished Test and Evaluation (T&E) professional who has provided significant contribution to numerous T&E activities, supporting the safe and effective achievement of capability outcomes for Defence. He is a United States Naval Test Pilot School graduate who has led multiple T&E programs for both crewed and uncrewed aviation systems; has mentored junior flight test professionals including provision of flight authorisation. Heath has fundamentally improved core T&E processes and procedures used to manage all flight test conducted on behalf of the Royal Australian Air Force and has worked collaboratively on T&E tasks with colleagues and stakeholders across Defence and Defence Industry. He is a discerning and highly knowledgeable leader with expertise in a diverse range of systems and disciplines.

www.linkedin.com/in/heath-rowe/

David
Kennedy
Test & Evaluation Certification Airworthiness

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David Kennedy

David is a highly adaptable and personable engineer with demonstrated success in flight test engineering, aircraft maintenance, systems engineering, certification and capability development. David has lead highly successful test programs across the T&E spectrum on a wide variety of aircraft and systems with experience on F/A-18F, Hawk-127, E-7A, PC-21, and KC-30A. He relishes new challenges and working with the customer to deliver tailored T&E outcomes with maximum efficiency. David is a Graduate of the National Test Pilot School, USA.
www.linkedin.com/in/david-kennedy-703835247/

Michael
Wiggins
Test & Evaluation Certification
Airworthiness

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Michael Wiggins

Michael is an accomplished Engineering Test Pilot with specific skills in experimental design, certification, airworthiness, and project management. During his 18 years of military service, Michael gained considerable experience across Air Combat; Mobility, Surveillance & Response and Air Warfare Groups, culminating as the Lead Commonwealth Test Pilot for Project Wedgetail in Seattle. Continuing his passion for T&E and project management he held principal management roles with Virgin Australia, including establishing its long-haul international capability, electronic flight bags and satellite communications. He is a graduate of the Empire Test Pilots School, has an Honours Degree in Science, has been conferred as a Fellow into the Royal Aeronautical Society and is a member of the Society for Aircraft Performance and Operations Engineers.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelwiggins68/

David
Blow
Test & Evaluation Certification Airworthiness

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David Blow

David is a highly adaptable aerospace engineer with demonstrated success in flight test engineering, test ranges, electronic warfare, systems engineering and certification. With over thirty years of service with the RAAF, David has held senior management positions in both Defence and CASG performing a variety of engineering roles. In addition to leading flight test programs on fixed wing, rotary wing and fast jet aircraft, David also led a small specialist team conducting in-theatre system evaluation on remotely piloted aircraft. David is a former Avionics Technician and holds a B.Eng (Elec), B.Sc (Physics) is a Graduate of the National Test Pilot School, USA and a Chartered Professional Engineer with Engineers Australia. David is currently managing complex System of Systems T&E in support of the Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance Group.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-blow/

Andrew
Kerle
Test & Evaluation Certification Airworthiness

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Andrew Kerle

Andrew is a highly-accomplished Test Pilot and leader, with over 14-years’ experience in the Defence T&E. He is a Distinguished Graduate of the National Test Pilot School and has led numerous T&E programs including aircraft Type Certification activities.
Andrew was recently the Air Force Chief of Flight Test responsible for the T&E framework, policy and safety management systems; including Flight Test competency management, flying supervision of Categorised test activities, and the selection, training and mentoring of junior flight test professionals. Andrew was also appointed as a Compliance Verification Engineer (CVE) for Aircraft Performance, Handling Qualities and Human Factors.
Andrew’s success has been empowered by his ability to concisely, and purposefully, manage communication between a broad range of operational and engineering organisations both nationally and internationally. He is recognised for his ability to harness the collective assets of small disparate teams to deliver exceptional results for national and Coalition joint strategic objectives.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-kerle-b192a150/