The key lesson from Ukraine is the supremacy of the electromagnetic spectrum. Drones don’t survive without frequency hopping; missiles don’t guide without GPS hardening. QinetiQ’s have seen a 300% increase in demand since 2022. Its Drone Dome counter-UAS system, tested at its West Wales facility, is now being rushed into service across NATO’s eastern flank.
Here lies the deep tension. Sovereign defence science — the kind that wakes up one morning needing to test a stealth coating or a digital safe — historically resists market logic. If QinetiQ’s shareholders demand 5% margin growth, but the UK’s Ministry of Defence asks for a hyper-specialised test that only three people in the world can run, who wins? qinetiq uk
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