Through an apprentice’s eyes
I’ve been Mechanical Aeronautical Apprentice here since September 2011. During this time I’ve experienced and learnt so much about a huge array of things. Once qualified, I’ll be able to work on...
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Pin-point accuracy caught on camera
Introducing Rik Sellwood – Service Development Manager, Range Capability Services The Aerial Targets systems in QinetiQ’s weapons division routinely provide training support to the Royal Artillery...
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Is there life on Mars? QinetiQ supports investigations into Martian environment
Matthew Cosby, Chief Engineer, QinetiQ Space UK Establishing if life ever existed on Mars is something most people have asked themselves. The European Space Agency (ESA) ExoMars programme intends to...
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Farewell flight for QinetiQ’s BAC 1-11
By Gary Borland, Managing Director of Air Division, QinetiQ The remaining BAC 1-11 took its very last flight today from MOD Boscombe Down in Wiltshire to Newquay Museum in Cornwall. Source:...
View ArticleGlobal vegetation tracker, Proba-V, launches from French Guiana
By Davy Vrancken, Key Account Manager, QinetiQ Space Loading… Proba-V, the European Space Agency (ESA)’s microsatellite, assembled by QinetiQ Space at its facility in Kruibeke, Belgium, was launched...
View ArticleHow oil and gas extraction has been improved by QinetiQ’s weapons technology
Nick Jenner – Business Development, QinetiQ Weapons Division In another successful example of how QinetiQ has applied military technology to provide commercially sound solutions, we illustrate the...
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QinetiQ’s apprentices give ‘gate guardian’ a full face lift
By Dean Sowerby, Apprentice, QinetiQ Training School at MOD Boscombe Down Dean gives us an update on how things are going in his apprenticeship programme at the QinetiQ Training School. Most notably,...
View ArticleQinetiQ’s electric propulsion centre of excellence
Steven Austin, Sales and Strategy for Space and Neil Wallace, Electric Propulsion Chief Engineer In another example of how QinetiQ’s technological expertise is being successfully applied to commercial...
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The Empire Test Pilots’ School celebrates 70 years of successful flight test...
Today, the 70th anniversary, we take a look at the birth of The Empire Test Pilots’ School (ETPS), and follow-up in the coming weeks with further insights into the history of the school. Flight test...
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TEMPEST: QinetiQ leads the way in security testing
Archie MacIntyre, TEMPEST Capability Lead at QinetiQ Farnborough The first question you probably want to ask is: what is TEMPEST and what does it stand for? That’s the easy part: TEMPEST is simply a...
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Flight simulator – test and evaluation training for pilots
Christian Rolleston, Project Technical Manager, ETPS – Flight Simulator With its history of research, design, advice, and disposal, QinetiQ is at the centre of aviation. Our Empire Test Pilots’ School...
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Through an Apprentice’s eyes – an update
Dean Sowerby, Apprentice, QinetiQ Apprentice Training School at MOD Boscombe Down During July, after leaving my placement at Air Worthiness, I have been at the Ground Support department (GSE) at MOD...
View ArticleSTEM Outreach
QinetiQ is a significant employer of engineers and scientists and so something we are passionate about is inspiring the next generation to consider careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering and...
View ArticleQinetiQ helps youngsters learn about cyber security
Chris Clinton, QinetiQ STEM Ambassador We were very pleased to be involved with over 60 Year 8 and 9 pupils from across Herefordshire and Worcestershire who came along to the University of Worcester...
View ArticleStudents help ‘Secret Agents’ as part of QinetiQ’s STEM Outreach Programme
Sean Ngo, High Powered RF Engineer, Weapons Technologies Have you solved encrypted puzzles to reveal a secret message? Have you ever been a secret spy, searching for valuable information? And have you...
View ArticleInvesting in outstanding competence: QinetiQ achieves APM Accreditation by...
Leo Quinn, CEO, QinetiQ As a result of investment and concerted efforts to drive towards excellence in project management, QinetiQ was awarded Corporate Accreditation with APM toward the end of 2012....
View ArticleThinking about an apprenticeship?
If you’re thinking about taking up an apprenticeship – or indeed a graduate placement – the first thing you should do is take a very close look at the companies that you’re thinking of joining. Some of...
View ArticleThe 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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