Aerospace Testing

Vipac’s aerospace testing team is staffed with suitably qualified and experienced personnel (SQEP) specialising in the key areas of air and space, with security clearances up to NV1. Since 1973 we’ve been improving the operational performance, reliability and availability of aviation assets.

Proudly Australian owned and operated, Vipac Engineers & Scientists specialises in;

  • Aircraft - structural, noise, load, and simulation testing;
  • Spacecraft - microsatellite, ground station, rocketry, instrument, and payload testing.

By specifying Vipac, you will be taking advantage of the company’s appropriately qualified personnel with security clearances up to NV1. Vipac has invaluable experience, having worked with Defence primes, the Australian Government and on space projects.

We are a member of the Defence Industry Security Program (DISP) and registered Australian Government Research Service Provider (RSP).

Vipac’s defence & space qualification services comprise facilities in Melbourne with onsite consulting from Brisbane, Adeliade, and Sydney. This enables the company to provide a one-stop, high-quality service. Vipac offers a suite of vibration & shock testing options in Melbourne.

Official Roo-ver Mission Partners

Vipac is official partners of the ELO2 Consortium: winners of the federal grant to design, construct, and operate the Australian-made “Roo-ver” that is heading to the moon with the Australian Space Agency. The Roo-ver is a lunar rover on a mission to explore the surface of the moon and contribute to Australia’s involvement in NASA's Artemis Program. The program encompasses the creation of groundbreaking technology, such as the rover, using this technology to collect resources from space, then to ultimately create a carbon-neutral future for the heavy and mining industries.

Vipac joins BHP, Northrop Grumman, RMIT University, Melbourne Space Laboratory, The University of Adelaide, Inovor Technologies, Element Robotics, Colorado School of Mines, Saber Astronautics, Australian National University Institute for Space, Titomic, and One Giant Leap Australia Foundation in support of the ELO2.

Meet Roo-ver (space.gov.au)

Services & Testing Provided

  • Dynamics & Structural Integrity Analysis
  • Computer Simulation (FEA & CFD)
  • Noise & Vibration Assessments
  • Acceleration Testing
  • High Altitude Testing
  • High Amplitude Shock Testing
  • Hydrostatic Pressure Testing
  • Inclination Testing
  • Ingress Protection Testing
  • Mechanical Load & Fatigue Testing
  • General Root Cause Investigations
  • Salt Spray & Corrosive Atmosphere Testing
  • Temperature & Humidity Testing
  • Vibration & Shock Testing
  • Monitoring (HUMS), Data Acquisition & Diagnostics

Applicable Standards

Defence & Space

  • DEF(AUST)5000
  • DEF-STAN 00-35
  • MIL-STD 167
  • MIL-STD 202
  • MIL-STD 810
  • NATO
  • RTCA DO-160F
  • NASA GSFC-STD-7000
  • SpaceX Falcon User Guide

Commercial

  • ISO/IEC 17025
  • ASTM B117
  • AS 1170.4
  • AS IEC 60068
  • AS IEC 60529
  • IEC 61373
  • BS EN 50125
  • BS EN 50155
  • ISO 16750

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