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In this month's Stay Informed, we announce a new agreement signed for Tarsier, QinetiQ's solution for automatic runway debris detection. The system will be installed at Doha International Airport in the State of Qatar. Among our other news, we look at the November launch of a new security solution OptaSense, which has been specifically developed to protect borders, pipelines and underground cables.
We at QinetiQ would like to wish you a very Happy Christmas and New Year and hope that you take the opportunity to play our seasonal online game 'Santa's Challenge' in which Santa uses a range of QinetiQ technologies to retrieve his missing sleigh.
We look forward to returning with more news in 2008.
The Stay Informed team
QinetiQ
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| FEATURE - SANTA'S CHALLENGE | |
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| Doha International Airport purchases QinetiQ Tarsier system |
Doha International Airport in the State of Qatar is to install Tarsier, the runway debris detection system developed by QinetiQ. Tarsier will detect foreign object debris (FOD) on the single runway at Doha International, which at 4,572 metres is one of the longest in the world.
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| QinetiQ launches OptaSense for border, pipeline and cable security |
OptaSense is QinetiQ's new buried cable fibre-optic sensor solution that detects multiple, simultaneous disturbances every ten metres over optical fibre. The solution has been developed to protect borders, pipelines, underground cables and critical infrastructure against accidental damage or malicious attack.
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| QinetiQ robotic solution for fires from acetylene cylinders |
Network Rail, working with the London Fire Brigade, has commissioned QinetiQ to carry out a six-month trial dealing with incidents involving acetylene cylinders. The trial will involve the use of specialised remotely operated vehicles to help prevent commuter disruption caused by fires close to railway tracks.
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| Watchkeeper UAV programme at ParcAberporth, Wales |
QinetiQ's support for the development of the Welsh Assembly Government initiative at ParcAberporth in Wales as a 'centre of excellence' for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operations has been recognised by the UK Ministry of Defence. It has awarded QinetiQ a contract worth up to £5 million to deliver a variety of airborne test and evaluation elements as critical part of the UK Watchkeeper UAV programme.
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| QinetiQ North America wins Precision Airdrop Award from the RAF |
Planning Systems Inc (PSI), a subsidiary of QinetiQ North America, has received a $1.7 million award from the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the UK for five of its Precision Airdrop Systems (PADS™) to be used in RAF C-130J aircraft. The award also covers aircrew training, spares, and one year of logistics support and services.
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| TopSat satellite imagery to support disaster relief operations |
Satellite images captured by TopSat, the micro-satellite designed and built by a QinetiQ-led consortium of British firms, are to be provided free of charge to relief agencies responding to disasters anywhere in world. The International Charter: 'Space and Major Disasters' provides responding authorities with rapid access to a wide range of satellite data.
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| QinetiQ and Ricardo to demonstrate low cost, high performance battery technology for hybrid vehicles |
QinetiQ and Ricardo have embarked on a two-year collaborative project part-funded by the UK Department for Transport, which aims to dramatically reduce the costs of Lithium-Ion batteries for hybrid vehicles while protecting or further improving vehicle performance. Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) battery technology shows significant promise for future hybrid and electric vehicle applications.
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| Events - 'Technology Insertion - for Real' - lecture on 30 January 2008 |
The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI) is hosting a QinetiQ-sponsored lecture 'Technology Insertion - for Real'. This meeting discusses the issues around successful technology insertion, whether as part of a plan embracing a route map of potential enhancement options, or in response to a rapidly evolving military need.
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