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October 17, 2025 - The Score Technology & Analytics Center Division of NSI is proud to announce that effective October 10, 2025 it has been appraised at Maturity Level 3 of ISACA’s Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI®) for Development (CMMI-DEV).

This achievement reflects NSI’s ongoing commitment to excellence in software and systems development, advanced data analytics, process improvement, and consistent delivery of high-quality solutions to our customers.

The CMMI® framework, developed by ISACA, is a globally recognized standard for improving organizational capability and performance. An appraisal at Maturity Level 3 (Development) indicates that NSI’s processes are well characterized and understood, and are described in standards, procedures, tools, and methods that are established and continuously improved across projects and programs.

“This accomplishment reinforces NSI’s commitment to disciplined systems and data analysis practices, continuous improvement, and exceptional customer value,” said Ed Nork, Director of Score Technology & Analytics Center. “Our CMMI Level 3 appraisal demonstrates that our development processes are not only repeatable and reliable but continuously evolving and improving to consistently meet or surpass the mission and performance objectives of NSI and its customers.”

Achieving this milestone highlights NSI’s dedication to:
🗸 Continuous performance improvement and producing the highest quality of products and services for our customers
🗸 Organizational standards and tailoring to address project and work characteristics
🗸 Focus on achieving both project and organizational performance objectives
🗸 Implementing standardized and measurable development processes
🗸 Enhancing quality, efficiency, and predictability in project delivery
🗸 Fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement


About NSI
Founded in 2004 by former Navy and Marine Corps officers with advanced degrees and backgrounds in military operations and in systems development, acquisition, and sustainment, NSI is an advanced analytics, product development, and professional services firm focused on U.S. national security. With approximately 350 employees and over 200 subcontractor personnel stationed throughout the continental U.S. and in multiple locations overseas, NSI delivers products and services to U.S. Departments of Defense and State, including the Department of the Navy, Department of the Army, and Department of the Air Force, as well as to allied nations via Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programs. NSI's advanced analytics capabilities combines the deep domain knowledge of former operators, maintainers, and logisticians with the subject matter expertise of a diverse team of data scientists, engineers, and technologists in applying the latest technologies in Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to user-defined Warfighting priorities. Recently, NSI has been involved in the prototype development of small autonomous air, surface, and underwater vehicles. NSI has been recognized as a 2026 Top Workplace and Top Workplace Culture Award for Innovation by USA Today, 2024 Naval Aviation Enterprise of the Year by Aerospace & Defense Review, 2025 HIRE Vets Gold Award by U.S. Department of Labor, 5 Best Naval Tech Companies to Watch by Silicon Review, and is certified ISO 9001:2015, AS9110/9120, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned by SBA, and CMMC Level 2 by C3PAO. NSI holds numerous GSA, DoD, and non-FAR-based Other Transaction Authority (OTA) vehicles and is working with the U.S. Government and allied partner countries to quickly field innovative solutions to our most pressing national security challenges.

Quality, Integrity, Teamwork, Success - that's NSI!
For more information about NSI, please visit n-s-i.us

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