Achievement demonstrates commitment to program rigor and a culture of continuous improvement across the national security defense portfolio.
Chantilly, Va. – May 9, 2025 – LightRidge Solutions, a leading provider of advanced payloads, electronics, and autonomous mission management software, announced that is has been appraised at Level 3 of ISACA’s Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI®) for Development (CMMI-DEV). The appraisal, conducted by Neil Potter of The Process Group, further establishes the company’s Software Factory processes across its three operating companies, Geost, Trident Systems, and Ophir.
CMMI is a proven, outcome-based performance model and the globally accepted standard for improving capability, optimizing business performance and aligning operations with business goals.
An appraisal at Maturity Level 3 indicates the organization is performing at a “defined” level. At this level, processes are well characterized and understood, and are described in standards, procedures, tools and methods. The organization’s set of standard processes – forming the basis for Maturity Level 3 – is established and continuously improved over time.
“Achieving CMMI Level 3 appraisal demonstrates our commitment to maintaining high standards and streamlining processes through continuous improvement and project rigor,” said Jim Congdon, LightRidge Solutions’ Chief Software Officer. “This marks a significant milestone for the company, confirming our success in advancing best-of-breed practices from across the enterprise into a unified software development life cycle. It also provides yet another proof point of our agility in advancing software capabilities and delivering innovative, cutting-edge solutions to meet the evolving demands of our nations’ most critical defense missions.”
LightRidge Solutions delivers leading capabilities that include advanced space payloads and on-orbit processing technologies, multi-orbit space domain awareness and protection systems, laser communications, airborne survivability systems and mission autonomy software.
LightRidge’s innovative and highly reliable concept-to-production systems provide high performance at lower costs and on shorter delivery schedules than traditional systems. These systems enable the transition to more resilient and affordable space architectures for the U.S. military and intelligence communities, as well as select commercial and international customers.
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