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Reports & Whitepapers

Gather our most important recommendations from a range of in-house and external experts on what matters the most, with changes that can be implemented immediately. Our reports and white papers are detailed examinations of a specific trend, challenge, risk or opportunity.

Features

 
Information Advantage: turning data into a physical effect

18 Dec 2021

Governments and militaries are eyeing this data revolution as an opportunity to gain advantage over adversaries – but it would be dangerously naïve to assume that greater data availability equals greater advantage.

 
Shared space: defence, security, and a collaborative model for tomorrow's space industry

01 Jul 2021

Space transcends traditional boundaries, and so should our efforts. This report is designed to stimulate the thinking required to do so.

 
Enacting Prototype Warfare

27 Nov 2020

Follow-on report from Deploying Prototype Warfare, exploring the implications of RAS technologies for Land capability, and how to embrace them.

 
Grey Zone Warfare

28 Sep 2020

This report explores the practicalities of countering grey zone campaigns now, by using the right combinations of emerging technology to improve and adapt existing capabilities.

 
Technology Adoption Hazards

28 Jan 2020

Challenges and Pitfalls in Adopting New Technology

 
Powering the Electrified Battlespace

23 Jan 2020

Our report brings together international expertise from military strategists, scientists, engineers and academics to give you actionable recommendations on electrifying warfighting technology.

 
Countering the threat from emerging technologies

10 Jan 2020

Behind the exciting prospects they offer lurk security risks capable of crippling organisations and infrastructure.

 
Deploying Prototype Warfare

01 Nov 2018

Prototype Warfare is a concept that has been discussed by military strategists and commentators for nearly 20 years. Now we need to make it reality.

Features

 
Articles

Discover a comprehensive but brief breakdown of the most pressing issues facing defence, security and critical infrastructure, bringing opinions together from disparate sources.

 
Podcasts

Our podcasts are bite-sized chunks of important and insightful industry discussions, and they often supplement our larger-scale reports. We speak with QinetiQ and external subject matter experts, bringing innovative perspectives to help you navigate

 
TechWatch

Today’s defence industry is ill-informed on which technologies might fundamentally disrupt it in the future. In order to adopt the very best innovations and processes in current and future operations, we need to keep in touch with developments in ind