Royal Philips plans to establish an innovation center in Nairobi, Kenya to develop lighting, healthcare and lifestyle products for consumers across Africa. The company aims to bring together international researchers to pursue open-innovation programs and conduct applications-based scientific and user studies at the hub, Philips said Thursday. Dr. Maarten van Herpen will lead the technology […] More

SAP has moved to grow its mobile services market presence in the Middle East and North Africa region by signing agreements with telecommunications companies STC and Etisalat for enterprise mobility and network life-cycle management tools, Gulf Business reported Monday. Aarti Nagraj writes SAP announced the deals with Saudi Arabia-based STC and United Arab Emirates-based Etisalat at […] More

Saudi Arabia’s national guard ministry plans to award a contract in September 2014 for maintenance work on 60 helicopters stationed in the country’s capital of Riyadh. QinetiQ North America said Thursday it is a member of a Northrop Grumman-led team competing for that contract and additional members include the PAE-owned subsidiary DS2, AAR and Vinnell Arabia. […] More

Stephanie C. Hill, vice president and general manager of the civil business within Lockheed Martin‘s Information Systems and Global Solutions line, has been selected to receive the 2014 Black Engineer of the Year award from the Career Communications Group. The group recognized Hill for her 27-year career in engineering and leadership roles at Lockheed Martin […] More

Neil Albert serves as vice chairman of MCR‘s board of directors where he oversees strategic growth, business development, community outreach and a number of other company functions. The 26-year company veteran is the former president and CEO and has served in many leadership roles at the McLean,Va.- based firm including VP and director. Albert caught […] More

Sanjay Rohatgi is the new president of sales of the Indian operations of Symantec, Voice & Data reports. Rohatgi will be responsible for business strategy development and execution for enterprise and consumer customers of Symantec. Rohatgi joins the company from Cisco where he was the managing director of the Service Provider for India & SAARC […] More

Dr. Melvin Greer serves as senior fellow and chief strategist for service-oriented architecture and cloud computing at Lockheed Martin, where he brings more than 25 years of experience leading systems and software engineering efforts to the contractor’s advanced technology office. Greer is a principal investigator in advanced research studies, and has dedicated his efforts towards […] More

L-3 Communications‘ international customers are increasingly seeking to acquire simulation systems that multiple people can participate in as they want to create a virtual battlespace for training, L-3 Link Simulation & Training President Leonard Genna told Defense News in an interview published Monday. Genna described the goal of the “live virtual constructive” scenarios as being able […] More