QinetiQ US is a defence and security company providing testing and evaluation, research and mission-critical services to governments and industry worldwide.
QinetiQ US is an integrated global defence and security company that converts government defence research into commercial solutions. It provides testing and evaluation capabilities, research programmes and mission-critical services to governments and industry partners worldwide, working across the air, land and sea domains. Its technical work spans autonomous systems, cyber security, advanced materials, testing and evaluation, and defence research and engineering.
The company was formed in 2001 as a privatised spin-off from the UK Ministry of Defence, taking on the larger part of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) after that body was split in July 2001. It employs more than 6,000 people and operates in the United Kingdom and internationally, serving customers in the defence, security and critical-infrastructure sectors.
Its work is organised around three broad lines: testing and evaluation services and facilities for defence systems; research programmes in autonomous systems, cyber security and advanced materials, drawn from decades of government defence research expertise; and mission-critical services delivered to protect national security interests. The firm describes itself as rooted in a culture of scientists and engineers, with a stated focus on translating government research into commercial innovation.
