LONDON, United Kingdom. The UK Ministry of Defence has announced plans to fast-track the development of the DragonFire laser weapon system for installation on Royal Navy ships, MBDA announced in a statement.

LORTON, Virginia. QinetiQ has won a contract for research, development, and engineering support for image processing and advanced optics technologies supporting the U.S. Army C5ISR Center, the company announced in a statement.

WALTHAM, Massachusetts. QinetiQ US has won an Army prototyping and integration contract worth $45 million, the company announced in a statement.

WALTHAM, Mass. Hensoldt Inc., the United States affiliate of global defense company Hensoldt AG, and QinetiQ Inc., the United States affiliate of global integrated defense company QinetiQ PLC, have entered into a new agreement establishing a framework for a strategic partnership.

SELFRIDGE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Mich. QinetiQ Inc. and Pratt Miller Defense announced the delivery of the first Robotic Combat Vehicle – Light (RCV-L) to the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC). The RCV-L is a purpose-built hybrid-electric unmanned ground combat vehicle (UGCV) integrating technology from both organizations.

UNITED KINGDOM. As a part of QinetiQ's ongoing work into unmanned vehicle command and control (C2) for defense applications, the company announced it has recently been awarded a significant new contract to lead phase five of the Maritime Autonomous Platform Exploitation (MAPLE) projects for the U.K. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl).

WALTHAM, Mass. QinetiQ North America (QNA) has garnered an initial contract to build a new small unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) for the U.S. Army, an initiative that marks one of the first UGV programs of record for the Army..