The benefits of open architecture within survivability research
Jerry Sollick, Capability Team Leader for Survivability Research UK MOD has recently commenced a number of initiatives aimed at the introduction of Open Architectures into the Land domain. This is...
View ArticleDSEI: bringing QinetiQ know-how to life for 30,000 visitors
The biggest defence and security show in the world, DSEI (10-13 September, ExCeL London) gives QinetiQ an unique opportunity to demonstrate what we do well by getting our capabilities and technologies...
View ArticleHow fibre-optic Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) is revolutionising border...
Protecting and monitoring borders brings a unique set of problems – not least the potentially huge distances to cover, challenges of providing infrastructure and power, the time criticality of alert...
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Statue of S F Cody, Britain’s first successful pilot, unveiled at Farnborough
On 7 August 1913, Samuel Franklin Cody, Britain’s first successful pilot, met his death in a flying accident over Farnborough. Exactly 100 years later an impressive bronze statue of Cody, by leading...
View ArticleThrough an Apprentice’s eyes at QinetiQ– an update
Dean Sowerby, Apprentice, QinetiQ Apprentice Training School at MOD Boscombe Down Over August I finished my time at the Ground Support department (GSE), which I found really valuable, and the people...
View ArticleHelping to solve skills shortage and youth unemployment – The 5% Club
QinetiQ, along with a group of other leading UK companies, has just launched a major campaign urging industry to adopt a new 5% target for graduates, apprentices and sponsored students in their...
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Applauding our apprentices at Graduation Day
By Melanie Jackson, Head of QATS, Apprentice Training Projects On 6 September, we were delighted to host this year’s apprentice graduation ceremony at the QinetiQ Apprentice Training School, MOD...
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What’s the buzz around MOD Pendine?!
By Katie Martin, Community Liaison Officer, QinetiQ Katie explains what QinetiQ is doing at MOD Pendine to help the declining bee population Honey bees (apris mellifera) collect pollen, nectar and...
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From Aircraft Apprentice to IT Engineer: a path of opportunities
Martin Smith, Service Desk Team Lead The recent launch of The 5% Club – a QinetiQ-led initiative to encourage UK businesses to take an active role in addressing high levels of youth unemployment and...
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Helping protect the Royal Navy fleet from fast inshore attack craft
Peter Furness, Sales Manager – Survivability Solutions In 2011, QinetiQ successfully demonstrated its rapid and accurate target identification system Pointer™, a Networked Weapon Cueing system. During...
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Rapid and safe vehicle arresting technology
Peter Furness, Sales Manager – Survivability Solutions As preparation ramps up for the 2016 Olympic Games to be held in Brazil, QinetiQ is proud that one of its survivability products, X-Net® – having...
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How QinetiQ virtual training helps make mining safer
Sue Allen, Business Development Manager, Training and Simulation Services, QinetiQ The combined US and Canadian mining industry employs about 900,000 people. Recently, the US government mandated...
View ArticleThrough an Apprentice’s eyes – an update
Dean Sowerby, Apprentice, QinetiQ Apprentice Training School at MOD Boscombe Down November 2013 Throughout November I’ve continued working on the Merlin Major servicing here at Boscombe Down, which is...
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QinetiQ apprentice wins ‘inspirational’ award
Dr Sam Healy, Head of Corporate Responsibility, QinetiQ As staunch supporters of STEMNET (the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Network), we’re all very pleased and proud at QinetiQ that...
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QinetiQ Robolympics 2013 – we’re really motoring now!
Michael Thompson, Project Engineer QinetiQ and STEM outreach ambassador On Thursday 21 November, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Ambassadors at QinetiQ’s Farnborough site pulled...
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iQ2014 – QinetiQ’s graduate recruitment campaign blasts off
Marketing We believe the future success of QinetiQ depends to a large extent on making sure that we engage with young people. That’s why we recently launched The 5% Club, a joint initiative with...
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Changing the Game? Why training must revolutionise to meet the needs of the...
At the last DSEI in London, QinetiQ was invited to chair a panel on ‘The impact of games technology on how we learn’. This subject is close to the hearts of our people in Training and Simulation...
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Close range weapons training for Maritime
Dawn Harrison, Head of Delivery for Maritime, Training and Simulation Services With the increasing risk to the Royal Navy, a need has been identified to improve their close range weapons training....
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Throne for Games: creating awareness of QinetiQ amongst the younger generation
Central Marketing, QinetiQ QinetiQ is challenging young people to design their perfect Gaming Throne and send us a photo or drawing of their concept. The best of the designs will be posted on our...
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The enterprising spirit of QinetiQ’s graduates: Angus Irvine
Angus, a 2012 graduate in Astrophysics from the University of Edinburgh, joined the QinetiQ graduate scheme in September 2013, having spent a year travelling and working throughout Europe and the US....
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