Survivability
Applied innovation and technology. Enhanced human safety.
QinetiQ North America develops technology-based products to improve survivability and enhance personal safety in dangerous situations. Our family of solutions are designed for military missions and tailored to each application for reliable performance. From unique add-on armor to sensors that provide real-time situational awareness, our products make a difference to the people who put themselves in harm’s way.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. That adage holds true for human safety. We develop survivability solutions and products based on innovative applications of technology and breakthrough development. Our solutions equip, augment and protect military service members and civilians, as stand alone solutions and essential enhancements to vehicles and other products.
Our 70-year history of providing cutting-edge technological defense solutions is supported by our legacy brands as well as our own history as a former government science and technology agency. Our unique focus on survivability solutions draws from our deep in-house areas of expertise and research. Because we understand mission needs and the survivability challenges facing our customers, we proactively develop smaller, lighter and ever-more efficient solutions.
Survivability works with and for defense, civilian government and commercial customers. Our services include:
- Technology research
- Products development
- Systems integration
- Production and support services
From wearable health monitoring systems to wearable gunfire detection systems, to armor that keeps blast fragments out and bags that keep blast fragments in, QinetiQ North America’s survivability solutions recognize the changing environment of threats and the level of sophistication and advanced technology needed to stay safe.
- Blast Seat – Blast Mitigating Seat Technology
- Frag Bag – Bomb Containment System
- LAST Armor – Field Installable Appliqué Armor System
- Q-Net – RPG Defeating Net Armor System
- SWATS – Wearable Gunfire Detection
Expertise in Action
Our LAST add-on Armor has been used to up-armor thousands of combat air and land vehicles since its debut in Operation Desert Storm in 1991.