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Top 0.1% of U.S. firms at CMMI Level 5 (DEV + SVC)
Dual ML5 maturity is a measurement discipline — we measure, we improve, we institutionalize. Every artifact stands up to an inspector general.
Field Report · BI-v5Est. 2001 · Bethesda, MD
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ElasticAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudSplunkPalantirServiceNowDatabricksSnowflakeCrowdStrikeOktaHashiCorpElastic— The firm
We are an award-winning, globalprovider of AI-powered cloud transformation,cybersecurity, specialized engineering,and mission support — committed to results thatcut costs, reduce risks, secure data,and advance human progress.
- Founded
- 2001, Bethesda MD
- Designation
- Woman / Minority-Owned
- Maturity
- CMMI Level 5 · DEV + SVC
— Trusted across federal missionsDefense · Civilian · Intelligence
National SecurityNSA
DefenseDoD
Defense IntelligenceDIA
Homeland SecurityDHS
Federal AviationFAA
Aeronautics & SpaceNASA
Department of ArmyU.S. Army
Department of StateState Dept.
Department of LaborDOL
Nuclear RegulatoryNRC
Missile DefenseMDA
National SecurityNSA
DefenseDoD
Defense IntelligenceDIA
Homeland SecurityDHS
Federal AviationFAA
Aeronautics & SpaceNASA
Department of ArmyU.S. Army
Department of StateState Dept.
Department of LaborDOL
Nuclear RegulatoryNRC
Missile DefenseMDA
— DisciplinesFive practices.
Five practices.
One standard.
Scroll horizontally through each practice area. Every discipline runs on the same CMMI-ML5 chassis — so outcomes, audits, and artifacts look the same whether we're writing policy or flight-critical code.
Capability index
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BION GenAI Foundry
Designed to transform the way the federal government delivers its mission and protects its citizens, BION accelerates mission delivery with AI — while safeguarding rights, safety, and environmental and cultural equities.
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Cloud Transformation & IT Modernization
Experience the power of our comprehensive IT modernization and cloud transformation range to revolutionize your business.
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Information Operations & Security
Radically transform your approach to cyber operations by strengthening your organizational resiliency in the face of operational stresses and attacks.
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Critical Mission Support
Harness the power of our rich experience in support of agency missions — and empower your organization with streamlined operations and unmatched efficiency.
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Specialized Science & Engineering
Unlock science and engineering breakthroughs by leveraging Business Integra's specialized capabilities to propel your mission to new heights.
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MSI Expertise
We orchestrate multi-vendor service ecosystems — translating siloed contracts into a single accountable service plane for the agency.
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Healthcare Staffing Solutions
Credentialed clinicians and health-IT professionals placed against the hardest federal and public-health billets — at speed and with full compliance.
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— 03The field archive
Where the workactually happens.
Orbits, flightlines, SOCs, signal rooms, data halls. A partial look at the environments our engineers have been cleared to step into — and the mission surfaces we're trusted to harden.
— 04Case study spotlight
Proof, not promises.
Two representative engagements — names withheld, patterns shared. Click a case to expand.
Cybersecurity · ATO SprintFederal Civilian Agency
From 11-month ATO to 11-week ATO — without skipping a control.
The program inherited an accreditation pipeline abandoned by two prior vendors. We rebuilt the control inheritance model, automated policy-as-code across 82% of NIST 800-53 controls, and moved the program to continuous ATO.
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ATO cycle
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Controls automated
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— 05By the numbers
Outcomes that show upin audits .
Among the top 0.1% of U.S. companies certified at CMMI Maturity Level 5 for both development and services. A measurement discipline — and the numbers follow.
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0.1%
of U.S. firms at ML5 in DEV & SVC
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23+
years of federal mission delivery
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60+
agencies and programs served
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99.98%
average mission availability
— 06Why Business Integra
Six reasons programsput us on contract.
Integrity is the brand; ML5 is the discipline; the mission is the measure. The rest is six differentiators contracting officers actually care about.
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Woman- and minority-owned, in a male-dominated field
Chartered in 2001 on a simple principle: integrity as an engineering practice. Small-business, primary or subcontractor — we meet the socioeconomic goals that matter to your contracting officer.
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Cleared engineers across every practice
From SCIFs to flightlines, from SOCs to PMOs — our teams hold the clearances, credentials, and domain literacy to step into your mission on day one.
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AI-powered, governance-first
The BION GenAI Foundry brings applied AI into the operations loop — retrieval-augmented, audit-traceable, and built for federal-grade provenance from day one.
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Global footprint, federal rigor
Headquartered in Bethesda; teams operating across the U.S. and worldwide in support of federal, defense, health, and commercial customers.
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A 23-year continuous record
Two decades of federal delivery, 60+ agencies and programs served, 99.98% average mission availability — repeated results, not one-off wins.
— 07Voices from the field
What customers say.
Every quote comes from a program lead who watched our team hit milestones the previous vendor missed.
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BI took a broken ATO pipeline that had failed two previous vendors and shipped it in eleven weeks. The documentation alone was worth the contract.
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— 08Three commitments, one standard
Integrity is not a valuestatement. It's our namesake.
— § 01
Protect what matters.
Safeguarding citizen privacy is not a compliance checkbox. It's the reason our security practice was built around NIST 800-53, zero-trust architectures, and 24/7 threat hunting.
— § 02
Accelerate the mission.
Federal missions don't wait. We modernize legacy workloads onto FedRAMP-aligned cloud, automate ATOs with policy-as-code, and ship continuously — without sacrificing auditability.
— § 03
Engineer to stand scrutiny.
CMMI Level 5 is a measurement discipline. Every artifact, every audit trail, every delivery is engineered to hold up in front of an inspector general, a contracting officer, or an ATO board.
— 09Leadership
Cleared. Credentialed.Curious by default.
Two decades of federal delivery, engineering depth across AI, cloud, cyber, and systems engineering, and a shared conviction that the mission deserves our best work.
Meet the firmR.C.01
Radha Chakravarthi
Founder & CEO
Two decades leading federal delivery; champion of CMMI Level 5 as a cultural discipline, not a badge.
M.R.02
Marcus Rowe
Chief Technology Officer
Oversees BION AI Foundry, cloud platforms, and the security engineering practice.
E.H.03
Elena Hargrove
SVP, Mission Delivery
Runs program management and forward-deployed teams for DoD and intelligence customers.
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Devon Park
SVP, Engineering
Leads specialized science & engineering practice — safety-critical systems and V&V.
— 10Principles
Quiet confidence.Loud results.
Three commitments, repeated often enough that they show up in artifacts before they show up in decks.
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Quality & excellence, first.
Every deliverable is engineered to stand the scrutiny of a CMMI Level 5 practice and the audits that follow. Excellence is not an aspiration — it's the minimum.
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Integrity & ethics, always.
Integrity is our namesake. It dictates how we engineer, how we report, and how we staff — especially when the work is invisible to the customer.
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Continuous growth & competitive innovation.
We invest in our people and our practices so that every engagement benefits from what we learned on the last one — a compounding advantage for our customers.
— 11Insights & briefs
Field notes & briefs .
Short, surgical reads from the people doing the work — written for program managers, contracting officers, and engineering leads.
BRIEF6 min
The ATO is not a waterfall. Why policy-as-code changes everything.
Accreditation cycles have always been the chokepoint. When you automate 80% of your controls, everything downstream — from cadence to CPARS — shifts.
Mar 18, 2026Read
FIELD NOTE9 min
Governed GenAI inside federal boundaries — a pattern language.
What it actually takes to stand up a retrieval-augmented system that respects authority boundaries, data provenance, and civil liberties — in production.
Feb 27, 2026Read
WHITE PAPER14 min
Zero-trust is a construction project, not a procurement one.
Segmentation, identity, device posture, and continuous monitoring only work when they compound. A roadmap for sequencing the build.
Feb 11, 2026Read
— 12Frequently asked
Contracts, clearance,and teaming .
The answers contracting officers and primes ask us most often.
Ask your questionWe deliver through a range of federal contracting vehicles and teaming arrangements — prime and subcontractor — including IDIQs, BPAs, and SEWP-aligned task orders. Teaming agreements available for most federal opportunities; reach out with the opportunity number.
— Closing
Bring us yourhardest mission .
Tell us the mission, the vehicle, and the timeline. We'll come back with cleared engineers and a plan you can defend to your contracting officer.