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Overview
British defense technology company developing autonomous systems, military robots, and cybersecurity. Former UK government defense research agency, now publicly traded (LSE: QQ). Record order intake with £4.8B backlog.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
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Key facts
HQ
Founded
Stock
Backlog
Products
Incidents
Data & sources
Web sources
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Models (1)
View all models →Current leadership (1)
- Steve Wadey CEOsince 2014-01-01secondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for QinetiQ.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Peer companies
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Milrem Robotics3 models
- Elbit Systems2 models
- General Dynamics Land Systems2 models
- ARX Robotics1 model
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_disclosed
- Revenue disclosed
- $2480000000 (private_disclosed)
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 5, 2026
QinetiQ TALON VI
- Record createdJun 5, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
Common questions
- What is QinetiQ?
- British defense technology company developing autonomous systems, military robots, and cybersecurity. Former UK government defense research agency, now publicly traded (LSE: QQ). Record order intake with £4.8B backlog.
- What does QinetiQ make?
- QinetiQ has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: TALON (QinetiQ builds physical robots).
- Who competes with QinetiQ?
- On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to QinetiQ building in the same form factors include Teledyne FLIR, BAE Systems, Milrem Robotics, Elbit Systems.
- Who is the CEO of QinetiQ?
- Steve Wadey is the ceo of QinetiQ, per the DEPLOY registry.
- Where is QinetiQ headquartered?
- QinetiQ is headquartered in Farnborough, United Kingdom.
- Where does QinetiQ operate robots?
- QinetiQ is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.
- Is QinetiQ a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, QinetiQ ranks in roughly the top 74% of companies tracked by the registry.
- When was QinetiQ founded?
- QinetiQ was founded in 2001.
- Is QinetiQ safe?
- QinetiQ has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-18
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-18
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for QinetiQ.Peer companies
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Milrem Robotics3 models
- Elbit Systems2 models
- General Dynamics Land Systems2 models
- ARX Robotics1 model
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/qinetiq.md
- RSS feed: /companies/qinetiq/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/b40819d1-0a9f-4264-9a57-edc9ecaf2d35
- Revision history: /companies/qinetiq/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Milrem Robotics3 models
- Elbit Systems2 models
- General Dynamics Land Systems2 models
- ARX Robotics1 model
Reality vs attention
QinetiQ draws attention at the 3rd percentile but verifies reality at the 39th percentile among defense_ugv robots. Hype Gap -36.8, 11th widest among defense_ugv robots.
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 21, 2026