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Berlin, May 2024: Global Defence and Security company, QinetiQ, will be present at Berlin’s International Aerospace Exhibition (ILA), 5-9 June 2024, showcasing its innovative threat representation solutions and demonstrations, and presenting realistic attack scenarios to test and enhance the readiness, effectiveness and interoperability of mission-critical capabilities for armed forces worldwide.

Highlights: Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Pilatus Aircraft

Being exhibited at QinetiQ's booth in Hall 3, Stand 125, is a Banshee Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV), which was recently used in a customer training exercise, demonstrating the importance of ground-based air defence against uncrewed aerial vehicles in modern warfare. Also on display is an A900 UAV helicopter from Alpha Unmanned Systems, demonstrating QinetiQ’s operation of third-party UAVs as part of its extended threat representation service capability.

In the field of Crewed Aerial Training Services, QinetiQ will present two aircraft at Stand S6 - the Pilatus PC-9B and the Pilatus PC-12 Multi-Mission Aircraft - which offer a range of services in target presentation and close air support.

Innovative Testing of Close and Near-Range Attacks

Another focus of the booth is target presentation for ground-based air defence training. Artificial intelligence enables novel, complex, and cross-platform attack scenarios with numerous simultaneous attacking elements, challenging defending forces to implement effective countermeasures. To address the current strategic-tactical significance of drone attacks, QinetiQ offers innovative solutions for testing close and near-range attack scenarios and will provide comprehensive information on relevant training and exercise opportunities.

Scalable and Realistic Attack Scenarios

Through its threat representation services, QinetiQ offers the ability to develop scalable, realistic attack scenarios for all armed forces, including the maritime domain, where QinetiQ provides extensive planning and training measures for defence against surface and underwater threats. By closely collaborating with armed forces worldwide, QinetiQ can test under a variety of conditions and environments across all domains.

QinetiQ looks forward to engaging with customers and industry partners throughout ILA 2024. If you would like to arrange a meeting please contact: sales@qinetiq.de

About QinetiQ GmbH
QinetiQ GmbH, headquartered in Mönchengladbach, is part of the QinetiQ Group, a global defence and security company, headquartered in the United Kingdom. In May 2018, QinetiQ acquired the "E.I.S. Aircraft Operations" business unit from the German E.I.S. Aircraft Group, now operating as QinetiQ GmbH. QinetiQ GmbH works with both German and international armed forces and currently delivers "slow target presentations" for the German armed forces. The company is also a partner of numerous German industry and market leaders in the defence sector and civil aviation.

About QinetiQ’s Threat Representation offering
QinetiQ is a world-leading provider of multi-domain threat representation services, leveraging decades of global expertise, it delivers realistic emulations of threats across multiple domains that support customers’ training missions. Highly adaptable and tailored to meet customer training objectives, its integrated crewed, uncrewed and virtual threat representation services provide realistic, complex and scalable threat scenarios. QinetiQ’s continued investment in technological innovation enables the co-development and refinement of new world-leading target systems and services, to ensure its customers stay ahead of emerging threats.