Modern defence is increasingly interconnected and operational success depends on how effectively technology, people and information work together across domains. This is where QinetiQ has established a distinctive role. Operating some of Europe's most critical defence test and evaluation environments, QinetiQ helps governments, armed forces and defence manufacturers assess emerging technologies, validate operational concepts and prepare front-line capabilities before they enter service. By integrating testing, training and mission support within a connected ecosystem, the company enables customers to strengthen readiness across land, sea, air, cyber and space domains. Its data-driven approach helps organisations reduce uncertainty, accelerate decision-making and respond more effectively to increasingly complex operational challenges. Testing for Tomorrow Defence capabilities can no longer be evaluated in isolation. Modern missions rely on the seamless interaction of platforms, software, sensors, networks and personnel. True mission effectiveness depends on understanding how these elements perform together under realistic conditions.

Fuzing sits at the intersection of safety, timing and effect, yet it is often treated as a component rather than a complete engineering discipline. That distinction becomes more important with modern operations that demand greater precision and control over how a munition performs at the point of engagement. JUNGHANS Defence approaches this challenge with unusual depth. With full in-house capability across development, production, testing and core technologies, it builds fuzing solutions as integrated systems rather than assembled parts. Formed as a joint-venture between Diehl Defence (Germany) and Thales (France), it brings together more than a century of European fuzing heritage, consolidating expertise that traces back to the early 1900s into a single, integrated platform. Because the joint venture is structured to operate without favouring either shareholder, it functions not as an internal supplier to either parent, but as an independent fuze house serving a wide range of programs. Built on integrated in-house expertise across core fuzing disciplines, JUNGHANS Defence supports a wide range of applications. Its portfolio spans artillery, rockets, missiles, air-delivered munitions, mines, torpedoes and newer applications such as loitering munitions and one-way effectors, supported across multiple architectures, from traditional mechanical designs to advanced electronic systems. Across the entire portfolio, systems are developed in line with NATO STANAG and MIL-SPEC requirements, embedding interoperability and qualification rigor directly into the engineering process. JUNGHANS Defence’s expertise relies on three competence centres. Its German headquarters leads micro-mechanics and system integration, while its French centre in La Ferté-Saint-Aubin near Orléans focuses on electronics, high-frequency systems and hardened solutions. Its third.