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, we attended the Lightning Gate Guard unveiling after its…
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 benefits that our research pedigree can bring to bear in the commercial arena,…
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 from French Guiana today. Our rigorous testing of the miniature Earth-observer…
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. QinetiQ has donated the British designed aircraft to the Classic…
A report by analysts PwC has estimated that shale oil could boost the UK’s economy by up to £50 billion by 2035. Shale gas production could account for almost 12% of the world’s total oil supply by 2035 – equivalent…
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 investigate the Martian environment, and to demonstrate new technologies that…
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 firings of High Velocity Missile and Rapier air defence systems at sites in the…
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 airframes and engines of any of the aircraft…
The Royal Society (Biological Sciences) has recently published an article that I’m pleased to have co-authored. The article describes experiments conducted by myself and my co-researchers from the School of Experimental Psychology, and the School of Biological Sciences, both at…
How do you capture the imagination of school children in the subjects of science, technology, engineering and maths? It’s a tough job and one which, here at QinetiQ, we like to help with through a variety of activities, such as…