GTEC Wins $18.7 Million Award to Provide Expeditionary Field Feeding Units to U.S. Army — Press Release

March 11, 2010 by Matthew Potter · Comment
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GTEC Wins $18.7 Million Award to Provide Expeditionary Field Feeding Units to U.S. Army

MCLEAN, Va., March 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Global Defense Technology & Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:GTEC) , a provider of mission-critical, technology-based systems, solutions, and services for national security agencies and programs of the U.S. government, announced that it has received an $18.7 million delivery order with the U.S. Army Materiel Command to provide expeditionary field feeding units, also known as containerized kitchens (CK), to the U.S. Army in support of the military’s force modernization and mobility efforts. Delivery of the CKs is anticipated to begin in 2011.

Designed to improve quality of life for U.S. forces operating in challenging environments, the CK is a ruggedized and transportable commercial grade kitchen with the ability to feed 800 troops three fresh meals per day. Currently GTEC CKs are deployed in places such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Korea, Germany and as part of the recent humanitarian efforts in Haiti.

John Hillen, President & CEO commented, “This order underscores GTEC’s commitment to serve as a mission-partner for our U.S. military customers by developing and integrating the capabilities required to support the warfighter in an increasingly mobile and expeditionary environment.”

About Global Defense Technology & Systems, Inc.

Global Defense Technology & Systems, Inc. (GTEC) provides mission-critical technology-based systems, solutions, and services for national security agencies and programs of the U.S. government. Our services and solutions are integral parts of mission-critical programs run by the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, Department of Homeland Security, federal law enforcement agencies, and other parts of the federal government charged with national security responsibilities. Learn more about Global Defense Technology & Systems at www.gtec-inc.com .

“Safe Harbor” Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements or industry results to differ materially from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in Global Defense Technology & System Inc.’s (GTEC) Annual Report on Form 10-K, and such other filings that GTEC makes with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof and GTEC undertakes no obligation to update such forward-looking statements in the future except as required by law.

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Telos Selected as Finalist in GSN’s 1st Annual Homeland Security Awards Competition — Press Release

October 20, 2009 by Matthew Potter · Comment
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Telos Selected as Finalist in GSN’s 1st Annual Homeland Security Awards Competition

Xacta IA Manager Named Among the Best Security Compliance, Auditing, Vulnerability Management Solutions

ASHBURN, Va. – October 20, 2009 – Telos® Corporation has been named a finalist in Government Security News’ 1st Annual Homeland Security Awards competition in the category of Best Security Compliance, Auditing, Vulnerability Management Solution for its enterprise IT security management offering.

Xacta® IA Manager is a continuous risk management framework that automates and enforces IT security processes across the enterprise. It combines industry-leading security compliance and continuous risk assessment functionality with powerful process automation to establish a centralized IT governance, risk management and compliance (IT GRC) platform.

“Xacta IA Manager is deployed throughout the Department of Defense, intelligence community, and civilian agencies,” explained Telos Chief Operating Officer Ed Williams, “contributing to the security of these agencies by streamlining and enforcing IT security standards and best practices. With its compliance assessment, continuous risk and sustained compliance management capabilities, Xacta IA Manager offers executives and IT personnel rapid access to the information needed for fully informed risk-based decision-making.”

Award winners will be announced – and celebrated – at a gala dinner to be hosted by GSN at the Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan on October 27. Telos is one of six finalists in the category. The finalists and winners were selected by a panel of objective and independent judges, according to GSN’s editor-in-chief, Jacob Goodwin, who oversaw the evaluation process. “All finalists should be very proud of their selection,” said Goodwin.

“We received an extraordinary number of entries,” said Adrian Courtenay, a managing director of World Business Media, LLC, the owner of GSN: Government Security News. “We have carefully reviewed each entry and are now very pleased to announce an exceptionally strong field of finalists.”

About Telos Corporation

Telos Corporation has provided innovative IT solutions and services to the federal government for more than 30 years, focusing since 1989 on secure enterprise solutions. Telos solutions ensure that the government’s most security-conscious organizations comply with demanding federal and DoD information security mandates. Offerings include Xacta® IA Manager for enterprise IT security management, enterprise security consulting services, secure networks, secure enterprise messaging, and secure identity management solutions. Solutions are represented to the federal government on Telos’ GSA schedule. For more information, visit http://www.telos.com/.

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