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QinetiQ Ltd 2008 14 Oct 2008 en-uk QinetiQ AeroStructures has completed an airframe analysis programme to enable the Australian DMO to extend the life of its F/A 18 Hornet aircraft fleet and potentially save up to AUD $400 million of scheduled Defence budget spend http://www.qinetiq.com/home/newsroom/news_releases_homepage/2008/4th_quarter/f18_hornet.html 13 Oct 2008 QinetiQ Group plc announces today that it has acquired Commerce Decisions Ltd, a market-leading provider of tender assessment and management software. http://www.qinetiq.com/home/newsroom/news_releases_homepage/2008/4th_quarter/qinetiq_strengthens.html 13 Oct 2008 Edward Coats, a doctor who works in a maternity unit at a Bristol hospital, has been unveiled as the third member of Team QinetiQ due to compete in January's international Amundsen Omega 3 race to the South Pole. http://www.qinetiq.com/home/newsroom/news_releases_homepage/2008/4th_quarter/third_man.html 09 Oct 2008 The Space and Naval Warfare (SPAWAR) Systems Centre San Diego has awarded the Systems Engineering Group of QinetiQ North America an eight-year, $206 million contract to provide life-cycle support services to its C4ISR programmes in Philadelphia. http://www.qinetiq.com/home/newsroom/news_releases_homepage/2008/3rd_quarter/qinetiq_north_america0.html 08 Oct 2008 QinetiQ has launched the Team QinetiQ Learning Zone: a website packed full of case studies, teaching notes and classroom challenges to support teachers who are putting science into practice and inspiring a new generation of scientists http://www.qinetiq.com/home/newsroom/news_releases_homepage/2008/3rd_quarter/south_pole_learning.html 25 Sep 2008 QinetiQ announced that the US Transportation Security Administration deployed its new mass transit security solution at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Int. Airport to enhance security measures surrounding the 2008 Republican National Convention. http://www.qinetiq.com/home/newsroom/news_releases_homepage/2008/3rd_quarter/spo_at_us_conventions.html 24 Sep 2008 QinetiQ, the international defence and security technology company has won a multi-million pound contract to support Metronet Rail on the modernisation of Warren Street station. http://www.qinetiq.com/home/newsroom/news_releases_homepage/2008/3rd_quarter/warren_street_refit.html 22 Sep 2008 QinetiQ North America has developed 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. http://www.qinetiq.com/home/newsroom/news_releases_homepage/2008/3rd_quarter/westar_optimisation.html 19 Sep 2008 A video system for stabilising CCTV images and X-Net®, an innovation that can stop vehicles in seconds, were among 80 inventions that were showcased by international defence and security technology company QinetiQ at an awards ceremony recently. http://www.qinetiq.com/home/newsroom/news_releases_homepage/2008/3rd_quarter/invetors__awards.html 18 Sep 2008 QinetiQ subsidiary Boldon James, today announced a successful laboratory implementation of its Tactical Messenger solution with the Park Air Systems U/VHF 3000 series radio – widely used by armed forces around the globe. http://www.qinetiq.com/home/newsroom/news_releases_homepage/2008/3rd_quarter/tactical_manager.html 11 Sep 2008 QinetiQ's response to today’s announcement by the UK Ministry of Defence (“MOD”) concerning the completion of the sale of its shareholding in QinetiQ Group plc. http://www.qinetiq.com/home/newsroom/news_releases_homepage/2008/3rd_quarter/mod_sale_of_shareholding.html 09 Sep 2008 A 15-year agreement between the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and QinetiQ was announced today which secures access for the MOD, other government and commercial customers to QinetiQ's diverse range of maritime facilities and subject expertise. http://www.qinetiq.com/home/newsroom/news_releases_homepage/2008/3rd_quarter/msca_contract_award.html 03 Sep 2008 Zephyr's reputation as the world's leading solar powered high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) has been reinforced with a world-beating three and a half day flight at the US Army's Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. http://www.qinetiq.com/home/newsroom/news_releases_homepage/2008/3rd_quarter/qinetiq_s_zephyr_uav.html 24 Aug 2008 Following the announcement on 21 May 2008, David Mellors has today joined QinetiQ Group plc as Chief Financial Officer. From today David joins the QinetiQ Board as an Executive Director. http://www.qinetiq.com/home/newsroom/news_releases_homepage/2008/3rd_quarter/david_mellors_joins.html 20 Aug 2008 A team, led by recently qualified engineers and scientists from QinetiQ's Cortex early career training scheme, entered and received the Judges Merit Award for its impressive, innovative and highly versatile (UAV) entry in the MOD's Grand Challenge http://www.qinetiq.com/home/newsroom/news_releases_homepage/2008/3rd_quarter/grand_challenge_july08.html 19 Aug 2008 A QinetiQ led team has secured a 33-month $22m follow-on research contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in support of its Large Area Coverage Optical Search While Track and Engage (LACOSTE) programme. http://www.qinetiq.com/home/newsroom/news_releases_homepage/2008/3rd_quarter/darpa_phase_2.html 11 Aug 2008 QinetiQ, working in partnership with Aberystwyth University's new biosciences centre IBERS, has successfully completed the UK's first flight of an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for agricultural monitoring. http://www.qinetiq.com/home/newsroom/news_releases_homepage/2008/3rd_quarter/qinetiq_achieves_uk.html 08 Aug 2008 QinetiQ announces today that it has agreed to acquire Dominion Technology Resources, Inc.('DTRI'), a leading provider of high end products and services to the US Intelligence Community. http://www.qinetiq.com/home/newsroom/news_releases_homepage/2008/3rd_quarter/qinetiq_acquires_dominion.html 04 Aug 2008 QinetiQ Group plc is today issuing the following Interim Management Statement which covers the period from 1 April 2008 to 29 July 2008. This coincides with its AGM which is taking place at 2.00pm today in London. http://www.qinetiq.com/home/newsroom/news_releases_homepage/2008/3rd_quarter/annual_general_meeting.html 30 Jul 2008 TopSat, the micro-satellite designed and built by a QinetiQ-led consortium of British firms, celebrated its 1,000th day in orbit this week – a significant milestone for a technology demonstrator built with a nominal one-year mission life. http://www.qinetiq.com/home/newsroom/news_releases_homepage/2008/3rd_quarter/topsat_celebrates.html 25 Jul 2008 Westar, part of the Systems Engineering Group of QinetiQ North America, has been awarded a task order to provide technical support to the US Army’s fleet of more than 5,000 rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft. http://www.qinetiq.com/home/newsroom/news_releases_homepage/2008/3rd_quarter/qinetiq_north_america.html 25 Jul 2008 Since opening The Portal in July 2007, QinetiQ and The Boeing Company have conducted around 130 separate activities covering a range of training events, demonstrations and classified experiments in support of numerous UK MOD and industry programmes http://www.qinetiq.com/home/newsroom/news_releases_homepage/2008/3rd_quarter/portal_one_year_on.html 16 Jul 2008