HUNTSVILLE, AL DECEMBER 7, 2011 – QTEC, Inc. - a Huntsville-based systems engineering support firm – has been recognized for superior performance in support of Northrop Grumman Information Systems (NGIS) as part of the team developing and sustaining the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Systems for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). QTEC provides program management, systems engineering, and operations and sustainment support.