QinetiQ wins £2.2m British Army contract for body armour safety checks

• QinetiQ won a GBP 2.2 million British Army contract for a rapid radiography capability to assure body armour safety.
• Fort Halstead site in Kent to operate the system; processing time targeted at 15x faster than current methods.
• Scope includes training AI software to assess structural integrity; automated defect recognition to flag cracks, mass, thickness within seconds.

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