Cepeda
Defense and Space ManufacturingAlabama, United States51-200 Employees
Cepeda is a Huntsville, Alabama-based defense and space manufacturing contractor established as a corporation in 2001. The company focuses on software and systems engineering, along with process improvement services, serving the DoD, NASA, and commercial sectors. Its work covers the full lifecycle of systems and software development, including requirements, design, fielding, maintenance, verification, validation, and efforts to remove waste and elevate product and service quality through process improvement. Cepeda emphasizes its role as a practitioner of mature process frameworks and appraisals, leveraging its ties to CMMI and SCAMPI as part of its capability to help organizations improve infrastructure and operations. The firm positions itself within the defense and space tech ecosystem as a provider that combines technical engineering services with structured process improvement to support cost efficiency and mission success, and it operates as a woman-owned, veteran-owned HUBZone small business based in Huntsville. Recent highlights include recognition for government contracting entrepreneurship and awards from regional small business programs, and notable collaboration with Dynetics on a NASA-related initiative.