QinetiQ is set to deliver the latest version of its Banshee Jet 80+ aerial target to the U.S. Army’s Threat Systems Management Office. MQM-185B has a maximum altitude of 30,000 ft and is suitable for performing terrain following and low-level sea skimming, QinetiQ said Wednesday. The Banshee variant is designed as a hyper-realistic threat target […] More

Troy Sutherland, formerly a director at government services provider PeopleTec, has joined Hexagon‘s U.S. government-focused subsidiary as director of sales and business development, according to a LinkedIn post published Tuesday. He will work at the headquarters of Hexagon US Federal in Huntsville, Alabama. Sutherland spent more than two years at employee-owned small business PeopleTec, where […] More

Duane Andrews, former CEO of QinetiQ’s North American business arm, was presented with the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America’s 2009 Technology Good Scout Award in recognition of his drive to advance the technology sector while exemplifying the organization’s values. He worked as QinetiQ North America CEO from June 2006 to […] More

Defense technology company QinetiQ Group is eyeing the U.S. and Australia as priority markets under the company’s acquisition strategy, Bloomberg reported Thursday. QinetiQ CEO Steve Wadey forecasts the two countries will cover approximately 70 percent of new business for the British contractor in the next five years, the report said. The U.K.-headquartered firm announced in […] More

London-based cybersecurity company Arqit has launched a consortium of public and private sector organizations from seven countries, including the U.S., in an effort to bring satellite-based quantum encryption technology to the worldwide government sector. The new alliance — which has representatives from the U.K., Canada, Japan, Austria, Belgium and Italy — centers on the Federated […] More

QinetiQ Inc. has been awarded a design-phase contract from Hypersat for the next generation hyperspectral satellites. The award will help Hypersat actualize its plans to launch six low Earth orbit satellites capable of producing better information about the material properties on Earth than any satellite currently in orbit, QinetiQ said Wednesday.

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QinetiQ and subcontractor Pratt Miller Defense have shipped a new hybrid-electric unmanned ground combat vehicle to the U.S. Army for use in a 2022 manned-unmanned teaming experiment. The Robotic Combat Vehicle – Light UGCV uses technology from both companies to perform with flexibility and no payload restrictions, QinetiQ said Wednesday.

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QinetiQ announced on Wednesday that the company has entered into an agreement to acquire Manufacturing Techniques on a cash-free, debt-free basis for $105M to be paid in cash on completion. The transaction will more than double the size of QinetiQ’s U.S. operations.

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Tony Vanchieri, a 24-year U.S. Marine Corps veteran, has been appointed vice president of civilian and federal business development at Alexandria, Va.-based management consulting and technology services contractor Addx Corp., G2Xchange ETC reported Tuesday. 

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A Visiongain forecast, released by ReportLinker, says military sensor technology adoption will help drive the global sensor fusion market between 2019 and 2029. ReportLinker said Thursday the market will experience growth over the next decade as military organizations seek to obtain insights from sensor data. The report also provides an analysis of the following key industry […] More

QinetiQ North America has secured a contract from the U.S. Navy‘s Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division, to demonstrate a sonar technology meant to aid underwater navigation. The company said Thursday it aims to showcase the performance of the DOLPHIN  underwater acoustic technology that seeks to address the nadir gap seen in current sidescan sonars. DOLPHIN is designed to help […] More

QinetiQ‘s North American segment has completed negotiations under a contract that General Atomics awarded in 2017 for control hardware and software. The equipment will function to control the electromagnetic aircraft launch system and advanced arresting gear of CVN 80 or the future USS Enterprise, the third U.S. Navy Ford-class aircraft carrier, the company said Monday. The multi-year contract provides for the […] More