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QuinetiQ Case Study: Swanwick Air Traffic Control Centre
This paper describes about the development of a new air traffic control ATC system at Swanwick system. The key areas which they concentrated were software engineering, project management, human factors and operational analysis. There were long and detailed discussions with people from board-level managers to programmers and operators, in both...
QuinetiQ Case Study: Airbus - The World's Largest Airliner
This paper describes about developing the world's largest airliner - the Airbus A380 super-jumbo. It is capable of carrying between 500 and 800 passengers; it is Europe's attempt to usurp the Boeing 747 as the predominant large passenger aircraft. The increased safety demands for new Airbus aircraft have been tackled...
QuinetiQ Case Study: Euro control - Making the Skies Safer
This paper describes about developing new standards for air traffic control across Europe. Euro control has their own prototype systems that conform to its specifications and that will eventually promote greater harmonization and integration of air traffic management systems across Europe. As a result of this work, QinetiQ has been...
QuinetiQ Case Study: Concept Passenger Cabin for Aircraft
This paper describes about a concept cabin interior, with intelligent seats which can monitor passengers' health and behavior through the use of advanced sensors. Their new intelligent seating also marks a breakthrough in interior aircraft design by optimizing space usage without compromising comfort. This new intelligent seating also marks a...
QuinetiQ Case Study: The Future Shape of High Speed Air Travel
This paper states that in spite of the end of scheduled Concorde services, there is continued European interest in high-speed civil transport HSCT aircraft While this approach may produce a design that is optimized with respect to a single discipline, it is less likely to identify the design that makes...
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El Al Jetliner Lands in Israel after Bomb Scare An El Al Boeing 767 flying from Paris landed safely on Sept. 24 at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport with a fighter escort. Security officials received a warning that al Qaeda may have planted a bomb on...
Former Astronaut to Lead QinetiQ North America Space Business Unit
Paul S. Lockhart to become Senior Vice President, Space Systems and Services FAIRFAX, Va., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Paul S. Lockhart will join QinetiQ North America in October as the Mission Solutions Group's new senior vice president, space systems and services. The business unit he will...
QinetiQ North America Hires New Chief Information Officer
Frank Kist to Provide Information Technology Vision and Strategy MCLEAN, Va., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- QinetiQ North America today announces Frank Kist as its new chief information officer. Kist brings extensive Fortune 100 and federal and civilian sector information technology experience and will lead the infrastructure integration...
Transportation Security Administration Deploys QinetiQ North America's New Airport Security Technology for Republican and Democratic National Conventions
The next evolution of mass transit safety, SPO technology protects public safety and preserves individual privacy WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- QinetiQ North America's Technology Solutions Group announced that the Transportation Security Administration TSA deployed its new mass transit security solution at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International...
Hazelwood Appointed Vice President of Unmanned Systems
QinetiQ North America has appointed DonaldHazelwood as Vice President of Unmanned Systems at its Systems EngineeringGroup. Formerly the Project Manager for the U.S. Army's Unmanned Aircraft SystemsUAS, a position he held as an active-duty Army colonel, Hazelwood bringsto the Systems Engineering Group more than 25 years of U.S. Department ofDefense...
QinetiQ North America Demonstrates Quality Credentials
EXIN accreditation, SSCI membership, CMMI ratings show commitment to quality & value RESTON, Va., Aug. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- QinetiQ North America's Federal Solutions Business Unit, a component of the company's Mission Solutions group, has received Accredited Training Provider status from the Examination Institute for Information Science EXIN....
New Flight Optimization Software Saves Fuel and Mission Time
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- A new software tool that allows pilots to easily adjust altitude settings based on a visual display of wind data is helping aviators to reduce fuel use and mission time. Called Vertical Visual Optimizer VVO, the software was developed by QinetiQ North America's Westar Aerospace...
QinetiQ Wins DARPA Phase 2 Work To Continue Sensor Development
QinetiQ yesterday said it received a 33-month, $22 million follow-on contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA to continue the Large Area Coverage Optical Search While Track and Engage LACOSTE program. The LACOSTE concept is to develop a sensor system that operates at a...
QinetiQ To Acquire U.S. Firm Serving Intel Customers
Britain's QinetiQ yesterday said it has agreed to acquire Northern Virginia-based Dominion Technology Resources, Inc. DTRI, a provider of various professional services to the United States intelligence community, for upward of $165 million in cash. The pending transaction would expand both QinetiQ's growing North American...
QinetiQ North America Continues Aggressive U.S. Growth Strategy with Acquisition of Dominion Technology Resources, Inc
Acquisition to Expand Company's Security and Intelligence Portfolio MCLEAN, Va., Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- QinetiQ North America Operations LLC QNA today announced that it has signed a letter of intent with Dominion Technology Resources, Inc. DTRI, a leading provider of high end products and services to the...
U.K. Launches New Procurement Strategy
By B.C. Kessner FARNBOROUGH, England--The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence MoD said yesterday it was launching a $147 million assessment phase teaming agreement for procuring complex weapons. "We are embarking on an innovative approach to purchasing our next generation of missiles and guided...
Boomi Secures $4 Million in First Institutional Round of Financing
Boomi, the market andtechnology leader for on-demand integration, today announced it has raised$4 million in its first institutional round of financing. The investmentwill be used to accelerate Boomi's go-to-market strategy and further securethe company's position as the leading provider of cloud-based data andapplication integration services. Boomi On DemandSM...
Westar Achieves CMMI® Level 3 Maturity Rating
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Westar Aerospace & Defense Group, Inc., the Systems Engineering Group of QinetiQ North America, has officially achieved the Software Engineering Institute's SEI Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI[R]) Level 3 Maturity rating. This accomplishment is based on the successful completion of the Standard...
Safety & Technology Trends
India Selects Era Surveillance Systems Era Corp., in partnership with the Holland Institute of Traffic Technology HITT, will provide three multilateration and ADS-B surface surveillance systems for India. The airports covered under this deal include the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai,...
Not a scandal but a textbook success
In America it would have created celebrity entrepreneurs and provided a template for future deals. Instead, the British government's hugely successful privatisation of the defence business QinetiQ has prompted a political witch-hunt. The taxpayer made more than £800 million from the deal, far more...
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