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==Name== "QinetiQ" is an invented name.<ref name=bbc231107>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7108248.stm |title=Qinetiq: from cold war to hard cash |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=23 November 2007}}</ref> "[[Qi]]" is supposed to reflect the company's energy, "net" its networking ability, and "iq" its intellectual resources.<ref name=bbc231107/> The name was adopted in early 2001 as a marker of [[Defence Evaluation and Research Agency]] (DERA) privatisation; the rebranding reportedly cost Β£400,000.<ref>{{cite web |last=Uhlig |first=Robert |title=MoD agency rebranded as QinetiQ |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1315364/MoD-agency-rebranded-as-QinetiQ.html |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=6 April 2001 |access-date=26 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Fricker |first=John |url=https://aviationweek.com/awin/dera-go-new-carefully-chosen-name-qinetiq|title=DERA To Go By New, 'Carefully Chosen' Name: QinetiQ |work=Aviation Week |date=9 April 2001 |access-date=26 September 2021}}</ref>
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