Gary Slack, formerly executive vice president and chief financial officer for QinetiQ North America, has been promoted to president and chief operating officer at the Reston, Va.-based defense technology maker. Slack’s promotion is effective April 2013, according to his biography on QNA’s website, which also says he currently holds …

Duane Andrews will retire as chief executive of QinetiQ North America and be succeeded by J.D. Crouch, president of the company’s technology solutions group, after the company’s fiscal year ends March 31. Andrews has held the reins at QinetiQ NA since 2006, when he left Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: …

Qinetiq Group PLC has won a potential five-year, $1.6 billion contract extension to continue providing support services to the U.K. Ministry of Defence, the company said Friday. The company manages 17 ministry-owned sites and maintains equipment, land and buildings under the long term partnering agreement, originally signed in February 2003. …

QinetiQ North America has appointed eight-year Department of Homeland Security veteran Richard Burke director of strategic programs in the mission and information solutions business unit. The company said Burke will be responsible for aligning the company’s portfolio in the cyber intelligence, agile software development, big data and mobility with homeland …

Qinetiq North America has appointed Bruce Feldman senior vice president for the national systems sector within the mission and information solutions operating unit, the company announced Monday. He will manage service delivery and technology development for contracts with both intelligence and defense customers. “Bruce comes to the company with more …

QinetiQ North America will provide the U.S. Navy robot vehicles, accessories and spares for the Talon Generation IV program under a $6, 802, 527 foreign military sales contract, the Defense Department announced Friday. According to QinetiQ, military, law enforcement and first responders use the Talon robots for disarming improvised explosive …

British contractor QinetiQ Group announced financial results for the first half of its current fiscal year, reporting stronger than expected results. The company said it sold higher levels of spares during the first half and that its global products unit delivered the majority of two orders for the Q-NetTM vehicle survivability …

QinetiQ North America has appointed Gary Slack executive vice president and chief financial officer, the company announced Monday. The company said he will oversee finance and accounting, treasury and risk management and help formulate the company’s business strategy. CEO Duane Andrews said the company appointed Slack to help carry out …

QinetiQ North America has appointed Peter Flory vice president for international operations in its technology solutions group, the company announced Thursday. He will provide leadership and direction for current business and apply his vision for future business in the group’s international markets, the company said. Flory’s experience in NATO, the Defense …

The U.S. Navy will award up to $144.9 million to a group of companies for technical and engineering support at command and control centers under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. According to a Wednesday Defense Department release, the cost-plus-fixed-fee award will contain firm-fixed-price provisions. Awardees will provide program management, integrated logistics support, configuration and …