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SimAuthor Appoints Duncan Director of International Strategic Business Development

BOULDER, Colo., May 19, 2009— SimAuthor, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of QinetiQ North America’s Systems Engineering Group, has appointed William Duncan as its Director of International Strategic Business Development.

Duncan will be responsible for leading the growth and expansion of SimAuthor’s flight crew training debrief systems, as well as its flight data visualization and analysis products and services within the international aerospace marketplace, both civil and defense.

As a leading provider of flight simulation subsystems, data analysis and visualization software, SimAuthor develops commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) applications for this growing aerospace market niche. The company’s software supports military and commercial airline programs designed to improve flight maintenance, operations, safety and training.

Prior to joining SimAuthor, Duncan was the Director of Teledyne Controls’ Flight Data Monitoring and Analysis (FDM/FDA) Simulation and Services business, responsible for total company operations in Ottawa, Canada and London-Heathrow, England. Before that, he directed the sales and marketing of Teledyne Controls’ Simulation Products, working closely with Civil Airlines and OEMs, such as Airbus, Boeing, CAE, Lockheed Martin, and Thales, to name a few.

Duncan brings to SimAuthor nearly 30 years of experience in the sales and marketing of FDM and FDA-related products and services.


About QinetiQ North America:

QinetiQ North America delivers world-class technology and responsive solutions to government agencies and commercial customers for many of their most urgent and complex challenges. QinetiQ North America is an independent, innovative technology provider that earns over a billion dollars in revenue operating with small company speed and agility while leveraging significant global resources. More than 6,400 QinetiQ North America engineers, scientists and technicians have the mission knowledge and proven, reliable performance to meet the rapidly changing demands of national defense, homeland security and information assurance customers. QinetiQ North America is part of QinetiQ Group plc, (QQ.LSE), one of the world’s leading defense and security technology companies. For more information: www.QinetiQ-NA.com.



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