27/2/2009 - DRS Electronic Warfare & Network Systems Facility Achieves CMMI

 
DRS Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: DRS) announced today that its DRS EW & Network Systems unit in Buffalo, New York, has been appraised as fully compliant at Maturity Level 3 with the Software Engineering Institute's (SEI) Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI). The CMMI rating, a more comprehensive successor to the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) rating, is being used as a prerequisite and critical evaluation factor for the acquisition of military programs with significant systems and software engineering content.

The Maturity Level 3 rating confirms that the company's DRS EW & Network Systems unit has established effective, well-defined systems and software development processes that meet all of the requirements for providing products for both Department of Defense (DoD) mission-critical and industrial applications.

"This achievement is important recognition of our software engineering capabilities and demonstrates that we have the tools and processes in place to develop complex advanced systems to support advanced programs," said Fred L. Marion, president of DRS's Surveillance & Reconnaissance Group. "Achievement of the Level 3 rating positions the company to effectively support software applications for ongoing and future customer requirements supporting next-generation electronic warfare and ship network systems."