QinetiQ Rail

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QinetiQ Rail
Presenter Harry Seaford Presentation to AGRRI
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QinetiQ

• Who we are -
• EUs largest independent team of scientists and
  engineers.
• Dedicated to the creation and APPLICATION
  of technology.
• The Rail Aspect
• A draw down from almost 1Bn. of practical
  application work
• 50 Project Support, 25 Technology Development
  and 15 research, 10 other.

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Materials

• Advanced Composites
• Intelligent composites
• New Steels
• Development of improved performance/weight
• performance/cost materials

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RCM2 - Two key MoD Issues

• Physics of Failure
• Improving Software
• Sensor design
• 1) Assessment of COTs solutions
• 2) Significant improvements in military whole
  life costs - to be mapped across

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Sensors Comms

• Fibre Optic Sensors
• Vision Systems
• Miniaturisation
• 3rd largest Comms RD in the world
• GPS
• wired/ wireless/software radio
• network data
• security and how to defeat it

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Human Sciences Development 26m pa

• Personnel.
• Recruitment, selection, allocation, training,
  surveys/retention, manpower modelling, policy
• Performance
• Cognitive and physical individuals and teams
  decision making, command
• Protection
• Devices, clothing, noise, physical environments,
  temperature, nutrition
• Integration
• System design and procurement of the above

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Developed Services

• Obsolescence Management
• Environmental Systems, Test and Evaluation
• Standards Development
• Decision Tools - application development

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