Systems engineering

In today's rail industry, people, machinery, energy and environment are inextricably linked. Each component depends on - and impacts on - all the others. So it's essential to design and apply the most effective use of each system's components.

We have a first-class track record in providing innovative, practical and cost-effective solutions to system integration. We research, plan, develop, design, implement and manage the complex systems needed, assuring cost effective performance, safety, reliability and maintainability at reasonable cost. And our position as editors of ISO 15288 (System Lifecycles) underlines our strength and reputation.

Our systems engineering expertise has been applied to various aspects of the rail industry - from traffic control to vehicle operation. We can whole life management - including obsolescence management through the QinetiQ-led National Obsolescence Centre - and option generation. In fact there's nothing we can't handle.

Always based on a clear understanding of the client's requirements we:

• analyse and improve existing systems
• carry out research that often challenges the performance of standard methods
• design, develop and integrate systems upgrades
• provide high quality products - from operational concept to demonstration, evaluation and life cycle support
• develop and create specialist equipment and procedures
• integrate off-the-shelf equipment and advanced experimental systems, to produce solutions that simplify complex requirements
• carry out system test and evaluation
• provide expert technical advice and consultancy
• virtually eliminate the risk of human error from model development and proving, with our Simulink system.