in resolving a series of calculation and design problems of major military engineering, resulting in proposing an idea of “defence efficiency” of defence engineering and its universal formula.
Doug Webb, QinetiQ's chief financial officer, points to acquisitions in America, giving QinetiQ's core defence business access to a far bigger market, and to increases in operating efficiency.
The BBC's Steve Rosenberg, in Moscow, says that in the six years that Mr Serdyukov was defence minister, he tried to reform Russia's outdated armed forces by cutting costs and personnel and by boosting efficiency.