Northrop Grumman has received more than 40 top-level ratings for benchmarking commercial and defense industry best practices for management and engineering, further validating the company’s number-one ranking as a federal systems integrator.

A coalition of industry, the government and the Software Engineering Institute developed the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) rating system to objectively assess the full range of an organization's software and systems engineering, program management and organizational management capabilities. There are five levels of CMMI maturity. A “5” rating is the highest. The rating is key because higher maturity levels signify lower risks to successful program execution.

Northrop Grumman’s CMMI Level 5 Ratings:

Below is a chronological listing of our most recent Level 5 assessments. Those listed in blue are linked to related news releases:

• October 28, 2011: Northrop Grumman's Defense Systems Division Achieves CMMI Maturity Level 5 Rating
• October 28, 2011: Northrop Grumman's Defense Technologies Division - GMD Systems Achieves CMMI Maturity Level 5 Rating
• August 20, 2010: Northrop Grumman's Global Command and Control System - Joint (GCCS-J) Achieves CMMI Maturity Level 5 Rating
• January 25, 2010: Northrop Grumman's Defense Systems Division Achieves CMMI Maturity Level 5 Rating
• December 15, 2009: Northrop Grumman's Missile Systems Unit Appraised at CMMI Maturity Level 5 for Acquisition
• November 11, 2009: Northrop Grumman's Electronic Systems Rolling Meadows Achieves CMMI Maturity Level 5 Rating
• August 13, 2009: Two Northrop Grumman Facilities Achieve Highest CMMI(r) Rating for Systems, Software and Hardware Engineering
• June 5, 2009: Northrop Grumman's BM&ES Melbourne Achieves CMMI Maturity Level 5 Rating
• August 27, 2007: Northrop Grumman Achieves 38th CMMI Level 5 Rating
• March 26, 2007: Northrop Grumman Achieves Record 37th CMMI Level 5 Rating
• January 16, 2007: Northrop Grumman Earns Highest CMMI Maturity Level for Systems, Software and Hardware
• October 30, 2006: Northrop Grumman Achieves CMMI Level 5 Top Business Rating
• August 28, 2006: Northrop Grumman's Software Performance Recertified to CMMI Level 5
• July 11, 2006: Northrop Grumman Achieves Expanded Model CMMI Level 5 Rating
• November 2, 2005: Northrop Grumman Achieves Record Twenty-First CMMI Level 5 Rating
• April 12, 2005: Northrop Grumman Achieves Nineteenth CMMI Level 5 Rating
• April 11, 2005: Northrop Grumman Achieves Eighteenth CMMI Level 5 Rating
• March 14, 2005: Northrop Grumman Achieves Seventeenth CMMI Level 5 Rating
• January 7, 2005: Northrop Grumman Achieves Fourteen, Fifteenth and Sixteenth CMMI Level 5 Ratings
• December 7, 2004: Northrop Grumman Achieves Thirteenth CMMI Level 5 Rating
• November 3, 2004: Northrop Grumman Achieves Record Twelfth CMMI Level 5 Rating
• March 5, 2004: Northrop Grumman Achieves Record Eleventh CMMI Level 5 Rating
• December 17, 2003: Northrop Grumman Achieves Record Tenth CMMI Level 5 Rating
• December 10, 2003: Northrop Grumman Extends Leadership Position with Ninth Top Engineering Rating, CMMI Level 5
• December 9, 2003: Northrop Grumman Army Business Recognized with CMMI Level 5 Rating
• December 5, 2003: Northrop Grumman's IT Sector Achieves Another CMMI Level 5 Rating
• November 19, 2003: Northrop Grumman Achieves Highest Engineering Rating, CMMI Level 5
• October 30, 2003: Northrop Grumman's Key Missile Defense Program Recognized for Best Practices by Achieving the Highest Engineering Rating, CMMI Level 5
• June 13, 2003: Northrop Grumman Division Earns SEI's Highest CMMI Rating for Software Engineering and Level 3 Rating for Systems Engineering, Hardware Design
• May 20, 2003: Northrop Grumman Data Systems Operations Achieves Highest Engineering Rating, CMMI Level 5
• April 30, 2003: Northrop Grumman Tactical Systems Division Achieves Highest Engineering Rating, CMMI Level 5
• January 9, 2003: Northrop Grumman IT Achieves Highest Engineering Rating, CMMI Level 5

Photo Caption: Northrop Grumman supplied the navigation and pointing aid for NASA's Curiosity Mars rover.