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CMMI Level 5 Rating

Northrop Grumman has received 38 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 (by Sector):

Electronic Systems

• Jan 16, 2007 Northrop Grumman Earns Highest CMMI Maturity Level for Systems, Software and Hardware
• June 13, 2003: Northrop Grumman Division Earns SEI's Highest CMMI Rating for Software Engineering and Level 3 Rating for Systems Engineering, Hardware Design

Information Technology

• August 27, 2007 Northrop Grumman Achieves 38th CMMI Level 5 Rating
• April 12, 2005: Northrop Grumman Achieves Nineteenth CMMI Level 5 Rating
• December 10, 2003: Northrop Grumman Extends Leadership Position with Ninth Top Engineering Rating, CMMI Level 5
• December 5, 2003: Northrop Grumman's IT Sector Achieves Another CMMI Level 5 Rating
• January 9, 2003: Northrop Grumman IT Achieves Highest Engineering Rating, CMMI Level 5

Integrated Systems

• October 30, 2006: Northrop Grumman Achieves CMMI Level 5 Top Business Rating
• July 11, 2006: Northrop Grumman Achieves Expanded Model CMMI Level 5 Rating
• April 11, 2005: Northrop Grumman Achieves Eighteenth CMMI Level 5 Rating

Mission Systems

• March 26, 2007: Northrop Grumman Achieves Record 37th CMMI Level 5 Rating
• November 2, 2005: Northrop Grumman Achieves Record Twenty-First 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
• December 17, 2003: Northrop Grumman Achieves Record Tenth CMMI Level 5 Rating
• December 9, 2003: Northrop Grumman Army Business Recognized with 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
• 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

Space Technology

• August 28, 2006: Northrop Grumman's Software Performance Recertified to CMMI Level 5 at Space Technology Sector
• March 5, 2004: Northrop Grumman Achieves Record Eleventh CMMI Level 5 Rating