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by jodrellblank 28 days ago
> "relatively large player in the British DefenseTech space via QinetiQ"

After he donated £1m to The Office of Boris Johnson, £270k to the Conservative Party, and the Conservative government gave QinetiQ an £80m defence contract. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Harborne#Political...

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Tbf QinetiQ was a major player in DefenseTech and UAVs even before BoJo.

Talon robots, the Zephyr UAV, and the Banshee UAVs are all their IP and still being used in Ukraine [0][1]

[0] - https://www.qinetiq.com/en/news/qinetiq-delivers-10000th-ban...

[1] - https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-accelerates-long-range...