Company
Adelaide
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round QinetiQ raised.
Companies QinetiQ acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| George McGuire | General Manager, Operations & Delivery (former) | @AuManufacturing, Defence Connect |
Stories naming QinetiQ. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Roundup of Australian manufacturing items: DroneShield's Ukraine orders, CEO appointments at Bridgewest Perth Pharma and Sentinel Boats, SPC's community capital raise, LBT's underwritten raising, a university defence consortium, wine grants and new facilities.
A decorated former Navy officer with 28 years' service takes the top job at the Tasmanian high-performance vessel maker, bringing defence-industry management experience from QinetiQ's local arm.
An academic explainer of directed energy weapons, covering AIM Defence's newly launched Melbourne testing range, a Defence deal with QinetiQ for a prototype laser, and the ASCA program.
Two Victorian companies win Defence Innovation Hub grants: QinetiQ receives $5.4 million for a deployable battlefield micro-grid with the University of Melbourne, while DMTC Limited gets $3 million for protective suit technology.
Australia's Defence Innovation Hub has awarded 28 million dollars in grants across nine new contracts, including over seven million to BlueZone Group for maritime vehicle technology and 4.8 million to QinetiQ for submarine air-quality systems.
Four South Australian defence SMEs, including Inovor, Solinnov and Consunet, plus QinetiQ's Adelaide office, have won Defence Innovation Hub contracts for satellite, radio and electromagnetic technologies.