The parents of a man killed in the RAF Nimrod explosion over Afghanistan seek a criminal prosecution against the Ministry of Defence.

Responding to an urgent operational requirement QinetiQ, a leading international supplier of military robots, today announced that it has been awarded contracts by the UK Ministry of Defence to supply approaching 100 Dragon Runner robots, associated spares and technical services to support of current military operations in Afghanistan.

Two QinetiQ North America Employees Receive Prestigious Award from NASA

Company Named Kennedy Space Center Large Business Prime Contractor of the Year

Charles Kelly Scharmann & Michael James Garrett Receive Silver Snoopy Award

FAIRFAX, VA--(Marketwire - 11/13/09) - NASA has awarded its "Silver Snoopy" to QinetiQ North America's Michael Garrett and Charles Kelly Scharmann. The Silver Snoopy is a special honor awarded by NASA astronauts to NASA employees and contractors for outstanding achievements related to human flight safety or mission success. Distribution of the Silver Snoopy awards are limited to no more than 1 ...

FAIRFAX, VA--(Marketwire - 11/13/09) - NASA will present the Kennedy Space Center large business prime contractor of the year award to QinetiQ North America at the Second Annual NASA Small Business Symposium and Awards Ceremony in Bethesda, Maryland, on November 17th. The award is part of the NASA small business awards, recognizing the contributions made by NASA employees in support of the ...

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwire - November 12, 2009) - High-tech government contractor QinetiQ North America today at Reston EastPointe will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open its new offices that currently accommodates over 200 employees from the company's Technology Solutions and Mission Solutions business groups. Over 100 more employees will move into the space by 2012. In one of the ...

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwire - 11/12/09) - High-tech government contractor QinetiQ North America today at Reston EastPointe will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open its new offices that currently accommodates over 200 employees from the company's Technology Solutions and Mission Solutions business groups. Over 100 more employees will move into the space by 2012. In one of the largest ...

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Qinetiq and Exeter University are taking part in a three-year research project worth £3.2m to develop new products inspired by the unique structure of butterfly wings.

"Popular Science" Selects Ears(R) Sniper Detection System for 2009 Technology Award

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwire - 11/12/09) - QinetiQ North America announced today that its sniper detection systems, Ears and SWATS (shoulder-wearable acoustic targeting systems), have been recognized as one of the top technology innovations of 2009 in "Popular Science Magazine's" annual "Best of What's New" awards. QinetiQ North America's unique gunshot localization solution, the first shoulder ...

( University of Exeter ) The brilliance of butterfly wings has inspired a £3.2 million ($5.4 million) three-year research project that promises to deliver innovation in the fields of security, energy and the environment. The University of Exeter and international technology company QinetiQ have just signed a collaborative contract to develop new technologies based on groundbreaking physical ...

Boldon James, a leading provider of COTS secure information exchange solutions, has joined Transglobal Secure Collaboration Program in the silver membership category. Boldon James is the latest to recognize the role TSCP plays in developing and deploying secure information sharing solutions in highly sensitive environments and commit to contributing to the integration and adoption of TSCP ...

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QinetiQ North America of McLean named Mary Craft , former vice president for intelligence engineering at General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, senior vice president for national systems in its mission solutions group; and J.D. Crouch II , former senior level U.S. government employee with...

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Mary Craft to Join Virginia-Based Solutions Provider

FAIRFAX, VA--(Marketwire - 11/04/09) - QinetiQ North America is pleased to announce that Mary Craft has been appointed Senior Vice President for National Systems in the company's Mission Solutions Group. She joins the company from General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, where she served as Vice President, Intelligence Engineering Line of Business. "Mary's experience in new business ...