NAVAIR and MobileSmith Enter Strategic Agreement to Deliver Mobile Apps for the U.S. Navy

    RALEIGH, NC, June 24, 2014 /24-7PressRelease/ -- MobileSmith announced that it has signed an agreement with the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to provide the MobileSmith app development platform and services to NAVAIR in order to accelerate the Command's mobile application strategy.

The agreement will empower NAVAIR to rapidly design, build, launch, and securely manage unlimited native applications that meet the needs of the U.S. Navy stakeholders. The MobileSmith Platform will enable NAVAIR to substantially reduce the cost of its mobile strategy, while delivering optimized mobile user experience and a quicker time to market.

As a customer of MobileSmith, NAVAIR can take advantage of an enterprise-class cloud solution for app development and management, packed with sophisticated features, such as:

- Quick and easy native app prototyping and over-the-air delivery;
- Platform Extensions allowing app creators to embed custom native or HTML5 functionality;
- Secure data integration scenarios;
- Role-based CMS access for easy app management;
- Seamless app upgrades without disrupting the end user experience.

NAVAIR will be running a dedicated instance of the MobileSmith platform in its own private cloud.

"MobileSmith is excited to partner with NAVAIR and empower its staff to take ownership of its mobile app development," said Robert Hancock, MobileSmith VP of Sales. "Mobile use cases are best developed by those who are closest to the end user and who know exactly what a Sailor or Marine would need in a mobile application. Our platform enables them to do so quickly and reliably, without any programming."

MobileSmith is a complete cloud solution for enterprise mobility and a patents-pending online platform that allows creating, deploying, and managing custom, native applications for iOS and Android smartphones and iPad tablets without writing a line of code. The platform also serves as a back-office for secure management of your entire portfolio of apps and real-time content updates.

Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) is a division within the U.S. Navy that provides full life-cycle support of naval aviation aircraft, weapons and systems operated by Sailors and Marines. This support includes research, design, development and systems engineering; acquisition; test and evaluation; training facilities and equipment; repair and modification; and in-service engineering and logistics support.

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