QinetiQ wins UK mobile underwater targets contract

QinetiQ has been awarded a £5.3 million five year contract to deploy and maintain the UK Ministry of Defence's underwater mobile acoustic targets.

The autonomous underwater mobile targets are torpedo size and simulate the radiated noise and target echo strength of a submarine.

They are used for training submarine crews to detect and/or classify targets and for firing training torpedoes as part of on-going weapon and platform acceptance trials for the Royal Navy’s submarine fleet, including the latest Astute class.

The contract will be delivered by QinetiQ’s Platform Readiness Services team based at The British Underwater Test and Evaluation Centre (BUTEC).

Platform Readiness Services have been delivered not only to the UK MOD and the Royal Navy, but also a number of other countries and their navies including the US, Norway, Canada and Sweden and naval constructors including BAE Systems, Babcock and Thales.