FAIRFAX, VA--(Marketwire - November 13, 2009) - NASA will present the Kennedy Space Center large business prime contractor of the year award to QinetiQ North America at the Second Annual NASA Small Business Symposium and Awards Ceremony in Bethesda, Maryland, on November 17th. The award is part of the NASA small business awards, recognizing the contributions made by NASA employees in support of the agency's small business program.

QinetiQ North America was recognized for providing outstanding engineering and technical management services to NASA on the Expendable Launch Vehicle Integration Support (ELVIS) contract.

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 other professionals 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 (LSE: QQ), one of the world's leading defense and security technology companies. For more information, please visit www.QinetiQ-NA.com.