KeyW Re-Appraised at CMMI Level 3

The KeyW Holding Corporation

 (NASDAQ:KEYW), a pure-play national security solutions provider for the Intelligence, Cyber and Counterterrorism Communities’ toughest challenges, announced today its National Intelligence Sector has been re-appraised at 

Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)

 for Development V1.3, Maturity Level 3. To maintain Level 3, companies must successfully complete CMMI’s appraisal process every three years.

CMMI is a collection of globally recognized proven practices that help organizations improve performance, key capabilities and critical business processes. This appraisal facilitates continued customer satisfaction, delivery of quality products and use of best practices. KeyW successfully completed the appraisal process on June 6, 2018, which included review of artifacts and interview of process workers demonstrating the company’s practice in the CMMI process areas.

“This achievement is a solid reflection of KeyW’s commitment to exceed our customers’ expectations by continuously delivering the highest quality products and solutions and improving our processes whenever possible,” said John Sutton, KeyW’s chief operating officer. “We’re proud of our team’s accomplishment and respect for maintaining program discipline.”

About KeyW

KeyW is a pure-play national security solutions provider for the Intelligence, Cyber and Counterterrorism Communities' toughest challenges. We support the collection, processing, analysis and dissemination of information across the full spectrum of their missions. We employ and challenge nearly 2,000 of the most talented professionals in the industry with solving such complex problems as preventing cyber threats, transforming data into intelligence and combating global terrorism. For more information, please visit www.KeyWCorp.com or follow KeyW on Twitter @KeyWCorp.

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