Acquisition

QinetiQ Group plc
21 January 2008


QinetiQ Group plc

21 January 2008

Acquisition of Pinnacle CSI

QinetiQ Group plc announces today that QinetiQ North America's Mission Solutions
Group has completed the acquisition of the assets of Pinnacle CSI ('Pinnacle')
from MJCM LLC for cash consideration of up to $6.0m. Pinnacle is a specialist 
business that provides services to enhance the protection of critical
interagency networks within the Intelligence Community.

Based in Herndon, Virginia, Pinnacle specialises in the design, development and
implementation of systems, services and processes to improve customer business
practices and enhance the protection of critical networks. Pinnacle solutions 
include computer and network security, information security and secure messaging
systems engineering. The acquisition extends QinetiQ's customer base in the
intelligence community in North America.

Pinnacle employs 47 people and had revenues of $7.2m for the 12 months ended
31 December 2006.

For further information please contact:

Adrian Colman, Investor Relations                           [phone]
David Bishop, Media Relations                               [phone]






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