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QinetiQ (Formerly known as
the Defence Evaluation & Research Agency) From 1 April 1995, the
Defence Evaluation & Research Agency (DERA) assumed the
responsibilities of its predecessor the Defence Research Agency (DRA).
DERA changed its title to QinetiQ on 2 July 2001.
The name QinetiQ has been
derived from the scientific term, kinetic (phonetic: ki'ne tik), which
means 'relating to or caused by motion'. This in turncomes from the Greek,
kinetikos based on 'kineo' which means 'to move'.
Following the 2001
restructuring, certain functions of DERA, encompassing the majority of the
organisation's capabilities for defence and security and amounting to
approximately three quarters of DERA, were formed into QinetiQ Limited, an
entity which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of QinetiQ Group plc. In
February 2006 QinetiQ was listed on the London Stock Exchange with a
market capitalisation of £1.3 billion.
A quarter of QinetiQ has been retained within the MOD as the Defence
Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) to manage the research programme
and the International Research Collaboration, along with other sensitive
areas such as CBD (Chemical & Biological Defence), Porton Down.
The total value of contracts awarded by the Ministry of Defence to QinetiQ
from December 2002 to February 2006 (inclusive) was some £4,933 million.
This includes the Long Term Partnering Agreement placed in February 2003,
which was valued at £3,970 million at that time. QinetiQ is organised
into five major operational divisions:
Integrated Services (formerly Complex
Managed Services)
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Test and evaluation
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Public sector strategic
partnering, infrastructure rationalisation and operation
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Integrated acquisition
support
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Asset management (e.g.
logistics, calibration, technology upgrade, obsolescence management
and disposal)
Sensors & Electronics
- Spectrum solutions
- Sensors, processing and integration
- Marine & acoustics
- Optronics
Knowledge and Information Systems
- Command & intelligence systems
- Information assurance
- Communications
- Technical consulting
- Human sciences
- Space
Future Systems and Technology
- Maritime
- Aerospace
- Vehicles, platforms and systems
- Weapons
- Energy
- Intelligence & control
- Materials
- Structures
North America
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Key focus on homeland
security and defence markets.
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Major customers include
US Department of Defence, Department of Homeland Security and DARPA
(Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency).
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