Episode 40 – Edward Timpson

robots in the military, uncrewed vehicles, and cyber security

Claire chatted to Edward Timpson from QinetiQ all about robots in the military, uncrewed vehicles, and cyber security.

Ed Timpson joined QinetiQ in 2020 after 11 years serving in the Royal Navy as a Weapons Engineering Officer (Submarines) across a number of ranks. Joining QinetiQ Target Systems as a Project Engineer and also managing the Hardware team, he had success in developing new capabilities for the Banshee family of UAS. He then moved into future systems within QinetiQ as a Principal Systems Engineer specialising in complex trials and experimentation of uncrewed vehicles. He now heads up the Robotics and Autonomous Systems capability within QinetiQ UK.

Header image: The QinetiQ Banshee Jet 80+ that Claire and Ed discussed on the podcast. Image Crown Copyright

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Tagged as: Drone, Defence, Cyber security, Autonomy.