Defence Science and Technology Group
Vlado Kekoc – a/ Discipline Lead - Digital Solutions, Structural Concepts, Structures, Platforms Division (DSTG)
Mr Vlado Kekoc is the acting Discipline Lead - Digital Solutions in the Structural Concepts group of Structures branch within the Platforms Division of Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG).
With over 20 years of experience in aerospace structural sustainment at DSTG, Vlado has considerable knowledge in a range of aerospace structures disciplines, including Aircraft Structural Integrity, Aerospace Structural Testing, Structural Certification and Evaluation, Fatigue and Durability, Structural Health Monitoring, Individual Aircraft Tracking, and Structural Dynamics.
Vlado leads a multidisciplinary team researching the effective adoption of digital engineering tools and technologies such as artificial intelligence/machine learning, digital twin/thread, and mixed reality, into defence maintenance environments, to improve fleet agility, readiness and availability across all domains.
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