The Exploitation of Dual Use Technologies

by Dr Andrew Rogoyski
Managing Director, Space Division, QinetiQ

Wednesday 02 November 2005

Public open lecture - All visitors welcome - No admission fee - No tickets required - Doors open 5:30pm

Introduction

This lecture will look at the challenges and opportunities faced by UK space companies in a global space market over the coming years and how QinetiQ is exploiting its security and defence capabilities to address this sector. The key to the argument to be presented is that, as government requirements become more challenging but budgets more restricted, the response should be for companies to create technologies that address both markets.

Examples will be given of so-called "dual-use" technologies that are being created by QinetiQ to meet these needs. In addition, QinetiQ's positioning within the supplier chain will be discussed, citing the recent acquisition of a European space manufacturer, following a strategy to create a new European "mid-tier" supplier with the intention that this will stimulate the market for small space missions.

Dr Rogoyski's role focuses on expanding QinetiQ's presence in the European space market, particularly with the European Space Agency and the European Union. Key activities include pushing forward plans to manufacture small satellites, including the September launch of the TopSat satellite, flying the near-space High Altitude, Long Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and building on recent successes in geospatial information services.

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High altitude, long endurance UAV developed

Andrew's career started as a Research Fellow at Hull University, seconded to RAL, where he undertook research on x-ray lasers. He subsequently spent eleven years at Logica where he worked as a technical specialist on sonar and image processing, becoming a business manager and then operations director of the 350-strong Space and Defence Division. Prior to joining QinetiQ in 2004, Andrew worked for one of the UK's leading space consultancies, ESYS, where he was a senior consultant and part of the management team advising clients in space, defence and telecoms sectors. Andrew now manages QinetiQ's 200-strong Space Division and is a board member of QinetiQ’s newly acquired Verhaert Space in Belgium.