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SNVC Selected by Northrop Grumman for CMMI Mentor Protégé Program
June 30, 2005 - In an ever evolving goal to deliver the highest possible quality of support and services to our customers, SNVC is proud to announce that it has been selected by Northrop Grumman Information Technology for their CMMI Mentor Protégé program. This relationship will result in Northrop Grumman Information Technology, a CMMI Level 5 company, providing consulting services to SNVC as the company implements the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI®) framework.

SNVC's agreement with Northrop Grumman Information Technology will aid in meeting the CMMI Level II and then Level III objectives over the next 2 years. SNVC President and CEO Tom DeWitt stated, "We are extremely pleased to have been selected to participate and partner with Northrop Grumman…and this will contribute to…"

"This accomplishment further demonstrates SNVC's continuous commitment to providing the highest quality of services to our customers though the quality of our people, processes, and quality services," said SNVC Chief Information Officer Bill Lytle. "The SNVC Board of Directors established a goal of achieving the CMMI Level III rating by the end of 2006 and this will be one of several key factors associated with the continued success of SNVC."

Northrop Grumman, a CMMI Level 5 company, has received 19 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. For this reason, we believe partnering with Northrop Grumman will enable SNVC to achieve our CMMI goals, through the adoption of improved practices for management and technical processes, such as software engineering, systems engineering and integration.

For more information, please contact Bill Lytle at 703.952.7682.