QinetiQ North America has been awarded two task orders worth $15 million combined from the General Services Administration for information technology and software development services. The agency’s Public Buildings Service issued the orders through GSA’s Information Technology and Development Services blanket purchase agreement, QNA said Tuesday. For the Enterprise Data …

Joan Schwartz and Doug Dangremond have joined QinetiQ subsidiary Cyveillance as vice presidents of human resources and sales, respectively. Schwartz formerly served as human resources director at Mandiant until that company was purchased by FireEye and Dangremond previously was a sales director at GTSI, Cyveillance said Monday. “There is an ever-growing need for organizations to …

QinetiQ has assessed the structural design of a multinational submarine rescue platform to determine how the system responds to fatigue and fracture problems. The Submarine Rescue System is built for NATO allies such as France, Norway and the U.K. and has undergone a stress-life fatigue analysis by QinetiQ, the company …

QinetiQ North America has won a $12 million contract to develop mapping and prediction models for the Naval Research Laboratory‘s oceanography programs. QNA will build ocean modeling, remote sensing and physical oceanography systems under the three-year contract, QNA said Wednesday. “We have over 25 years of expertise in ocean modeling and …

QinetiQ North America and BroadSoft have moved to extend their partnership to develop unified communications services for federal, defense and intelligence customers. QNA will provide hosted, BroadCloud-based unified communications technology and expand existing offering with BroadSoft’s unified communications services, QNA said Tuesday. John Sutton, executive vice president and general manager of …

QinetiQ Australia has been awarded a two-year contract extension to provide the Australian Defence Force with aircraft technical support work, Australian Defence Magazine reported Dec. 20. The company will continue providing aircraft structural integrity support under the Directorate General Technical Airworthiness program, the report said. Alan Woolford, CEO at QinetiQ …

Pakistan will purchase $7.8 million worth of QinetiQ North America-built explosive ordnance disposal robots under an order managed by the U.S. Navy. More than 4,000 of the TALON robots are used daily to identify improvised explosive devices and to support police and HAZMAT operations in the U.S. and worldwide, QNA said …

Stephen Oronte serves as director of network systems at QinetiQ North America where he works with the network connectivity of existing products and helps to advance the networked business model. The information technology veteran leads projects related to intelligent infrastructure, networked systems, embedded devices and sensor networking. Prior to joining QinetiQ in 2009, …

QinetiQ North America has won an $18.3 million contract to provide the U.S. Army with an armor system designed to shield combat vehicles from rocket-propelled grenade attacks. QNA will install an updated version of its Q-Net RPG defeat platform on the Army’s more than 7,500 Oshkosh all-terrain vehicles, the company said …

QinetiQ North America has launched two new products, one mobile and the other desktop-based, that are intended to help train military uses on how to use the company’s warfighter electronics system. The programs for the Integrated Warrior System will also include onsite training with delivery of the IWS kits, QNA …

QinetiQ North America has won a position on a potential seven-year contract to provide information technology services to help the Department of Homeland Security meet security and communications goals. The company will conduct the work under the EAGLE II unrestricted service delivery track for functional category two for a base …

Dr. J.D. Crouch, QinetiQ North America CEO and former deputy national security advisor, will speak at an upcoming national defense panel in Simi Valley, Ca The Reagan National Defense Forum: Building Peace Through Strength Through 2025 will be held on Saturday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, QinetiQ said Tuesday. …

A robot QinetiQ North America developed for use by military and public safety organizations has been deployed in 30 countries. Some of the U.S. allies that have deployed the TALON robot include Canada, Japan and some countries in South America, QNA announced Monday. QNA is working to expand the worldwide availability of the …

Dr. Mark Hewitt serves as executive vice president and chief strategy officer for QinetiQ North America where he leads strategy formulation, corporate development and strategic investments. Hewitt joined the company in January 2010 as senior vice president for strategy in the technology solutions group. Before joining the firm, he served as director of defense and …

The Australian Maritime College has adapted a QinetiQ software program to help train students to engineer ships and submarines, MarineLink reported Sept. 17. AMC intends for QinetiQ’s Paramarine technology to assist with teaching students who are pursuing a bachelor’s degree in engineering, according to the report. Vittorio Vagliani, QinetiQ GRC …