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QinetiQ's history in Australia |
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Empire Test Pilot School trains Australian defence forces
For many years, QinetiQ has been training the Australian defence forces at the Empire Test Pilot School (ETPS) in Boscombe Down, United Kingdom. ETPS was formed in 1943 and has unrivalled experience in training flight test professionals. The school is run as a partnership between the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) and QinetiQ under a long-term agreement and offers training to UK MOD and overseas nations. |
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QinetiQ scramjet engines tested at Woomera
A series of University of Queensland-led projects have successfully launched QinetiQ scramjet engines at Woomera, 500km north of Adelaide, South Australia, a strategic defence asset used mainly for aerospace test and evaluation activities. The experimental flights are designed to further scramjet technology - supersonic combustion ramjets, which use oxygen from the atmosphere rather than carrying oxygen supplies, and are designed to fly at hypersonic speeds five times the speed of sound. The UK MOD funded QinetiQ scramjet engine has been put through an extensive ground test programme in Brisbane at the University of Queensland as well as at QinetiQ's headquarters in Farnborough, United Kingdom. |
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Talon™ robot service and support
QinetiQ is establishing a service and support centre for its Talon robots in Sydney, Australia, in conjunction with its in-country representative, Pacific Security and Environmental Solutions (PSES) Pty. Talon robots are a family of powerful, durable, lightweight remotely operated tracked vehicles and are widely used for Explosive Ordnance (bomb) Disposal (EOD), reconnaissance, communications, sensing, security, defence and rescue operations. The Talon robot is proven to save soldiers' lives and the centre will offer support to Australian forces when required.
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Five Powers buy QinetiQ joint air command and control system
A command and control system that allows the planning and co-ordination of joint air operations was bought by the multinational Five Powers' Defence Arrangements (FPDA) organisation. The system, a software tool known as FAST (Future Air Systems Tasker), has been developed by QinetiQ. FAST provides a unique air planning capability to the armed forces of the FPDA members (Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and the United Kingdom) who exercise together on a regular basis and for whom interoperability and safety are of vital importance. |
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TopSat image of Arnhem Land
TopSat, the micro-satellite designed and built by a QinetiQ-led consortium of British firms, captured an image of Arnhem Land, Australia. TopSat is a major step forward in the affordability of space missions, providing high resolution images at a much reduced cost compared to larger satellites. TopSat imagery has a nominal 2.8m resolution in black and white and 5.7m in colour.
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Anglo-Australian collaborative research programmes
QinetiQ has a long-standing collaborative research agreement with the world experts Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO). Collaboration with DSTO has been mainly under the Anglo-Australian Memorandum of Understanding for Research (AAMOUR) and its Science and Technology successor AAMOST, with several projects under The Technical Cooperation Programme (TTCP). The many research programmes undertaken have included alloys for submarine applications, acoustic cladding materials, data fusion and target tracking. |
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Electronic Warfare system for the Australian Department of Defence
In 2006, QinetiQ was contracted to supply an Electronic Warfare (EW) system to the Australian Department of Defence. The system is based on QinetiQ's well established range of EW sensor technology and hardware including SHARK® wideband communications EW sensor and ANALYST® EW command and control software. The system is designed to analyse emitters and networks in an automated manner. The signals of interest can then be identified so that key intelligence can be presented to users in an accurate, concise and timely fashion.
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