The conflicts in Ukraine and elsewhere around the world have brought into very sharp focus an innovative ‘new way of warfare’. Rapid development of innovative technologies and the use of uncrewed vehicles and autonomy has shown that high-volume, low-cost capabilities are able to defeat traditional high-value assets that cost multiple times more than their adversary.
Increasingly, our customers recognise the need to complement traditional assets with a range of uncrewed autonomous vehicles and similar capabilities. Assets that are envisaged to collaborate with crewed platforms, across all domains, to deliver a significant increase in combat mass and effectiveness at reduced risk and cost.
We offer a comprehensive approach to Artificial Intelligence, capability integration and collaborative autonomy, from concept and design, through testing and evaluation.
This also includes provision of complex autonomy enabling services ranging from operational experimentation through to test and evaluation and safety certification.
We work with varying levels of autonomy and mission requirements. This includes technologies for sensing, orientation, decision making, planning and control and strike - all developed with scalability, security and certification in mind.
QinetiQ has an unmatched understanding of industry and defence standards relating to Uncrewed Systems across all domains, having lead or contributed in the development of almost all recognised standards. The close relationship QinetiQ has with regulators means we can support customers to navigate emerging regulation challenges with novel technologies.
