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Four sites are accredited by UKAS for weapons testing and evaluation

Four sites are accredited by UKAS for weapons testing and evaluation

Land March 3, 2021

UKAS, the national accreditation body for the United Kingdom, has accredited four sites: Ministry Of Defence (MOD) Shoeburyness, MOD Boscombe Down, QinetiQ Farnborough and QinetiQ Haslar with the ISO17025 standard for the test and evaluation services. UKAS is appointed by the Government to assess and determine the technical competence and integrity ...

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