In December 2007, MAXIM Systems Inc was acquired by Accenture (NYSE: ACN). MAXIM Systems, Inc. was formed with the buyout of a business unit from Sierra Cybernetics, Inc. Operations began with a handful of employees and five defense contracts; four with the US Navy, and the one with the US Army. In 1999, MAXIM Systems began work on the company's two largest contracts to date, both of which are ongoing. The first, Program Management Team Omnibus (PMTO), provides engineering and support services to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (C4ISR) platforms. The second is the Ocean Surveillance Information System (OSIS) Evolutionary Development (OED) program. This contract involves hardware, software, and network life cycle engineering services for the SPAWAR Systems Center, San Diego (SSC-SD) supporting the Navy's advanced, multilevel secure intelligence and target tracking environment. MAXIM is certified ISO-9001, utilizes Instruction System Design (ISD) standards for all training projects, and is progressing towards achievement of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) level 3 accreditation. MAXIM Systems has facilities and resources in San Diego, CA, Pt. Mugu, CA, Washington, D.C., Austin, TX, Colorado Springs, CO, Norfolk, VA, Damneck, VA, Honolulu, HI and the Republic of Korea. The company has Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIFs) in-house and a majority of MAXIM personnel hold security clearances.
