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The MITRE Corporation
Type Not-for-profit corporation
Founded 1958
Headquarters Bedford, MA and McLean, VA, USA
Key people Alfred Grasso
(President) & (CEO)
Revenue $1,235,000,000[1]
Employees 7006[1]
Website www.mitre.org
The MITRE Center at MITRE's campus in Bedford

The MITRE Corporation[A] is a not-for-profit organization based in Bedford, Massachusetts and McLean, Virginia. It manages Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) supporting the Department of Defense, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and the Department of Veterans Affairs. On March 5, 2009, MITRE was awarded one of two FFRDCs supporting the Department of Homeland Security as the operator of the Systems Engineering and Development Institute (SEDI).

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[edit] History

Under the leadership of C. W. Halligan, MITRE was formed in 1958 to provide overall direction to the companies and workers involved in the US Air Force SAGE project. Most of the early employees transferred to MITRE from the Lincoln Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where SAGE was being developed. In April 1959, a site was purchased in Bedford, Massachusetts near Hanscom Air Force Base, to develop a new MITRE laboratory, which MITRE occupied in September 1959.[2]

After the SAGE project ended in the early 1960s, the FAA selected MITRE to develop a similar system to provide automated air traffic control. The result of the project formed the National Airspace System (NAS), that is still in use today. To support the NAS project and continual operations with the US Department of Defense at the Pentagon, MITRE opened a second "main office" in McLean, Virginia.

Through the 1960s, MITRE developed and supported military Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence (C3I) projects, including the Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS). MITRE also worked on a number of projects with ARPA, including precursers to the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network ARPANET. Since the 1960s, MITRE has developed or supported most DoD early warning and communications projects, including the Joint Tactical Information Distribution System JTIDS and the Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System JSTARS. Since 1998, MITRE has helped to modernize the US Internal Revenue Service.

During the 1980s, the German hacker Markus Hess used an un-secured MITRE Tymnet connection as an entry point for intrusions into US Department of Defense, Department of Energy, and NASA computer networks. [3]

On January 29, 1996, MITRE divided into two entities: The MITRE Corporation to focus on its FFRDCs for DoD and FAA, and a new company, named Mitretek Systems (now called Noblis) to assume non-FFRDC work for other US Government agencies.[4]

[edit] Organization

[edit] Centers and research program

MITRE is organized as follows:[5]

  • The Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) FFRDC is sponsored by the Department of Defense and focuses on national security issues.
  • The Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (CAASD) FFRDC is sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration and focuses on air traffic management.
  • The Center for Enterprise Modernization (CEM) FFRDC is co-sponsored by the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Veterans Affairs and focuses on modernization and healthcare initiatives.
  • The Homeland Security Center (HLSC) FFRDC supports the Department of Homeland Security and focuses on protection from terrorist threats, immigration and commerce, and recovery from national emergencies.
  • Internal research and development explores new technologies and ways to apply existing tools and technologies.

[edit] Locations

MITRE operates branch offices around the world, most co-located with military bases.[1]

[edit] Corporate governance

[edit] Chief executive officers

  • 1958–1966: C.W. Halligan[6]
  • 1966-1969: Dr. John L. McLucas
  • 1969-1986: Robert R. Everett
  • 1986-1990: Charles A. Zraket[7]
  • 1990-1996: Barry M. Horowitz
  • 1996-2000: Victor A. DeMarines
  • 2000-2006: Martin C. Faga
  • 2006-Present: Alfred Grasso

[edit] Board of Trustees

[edit] Awards, Honors, and Accomplishments

Over the years, MITRE has received awards for corporate achievements as well as for achievements of its scientists, researchers, and engineers.[9] A sampling includes

  • In 2009, MITRE’s Center for Advanced Aviation System Development's (CAASD) Universal Access Transceiver (UAT) Technology Design Team received the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA’s) 2008 Excellence in Aviation Research Award for research contributions that have improved the safety and efficiency of the national airspace system.[10]
  • In July 2008, MITRE was awarded the Air Force Association’s Theodore Von Karman award for "the most outstanding contribution in the field of engineering and science."[12]
  • MITRE was included on annual lists of three magazines
    • Fortune included MITRE in its "100 Best Companies to Work For in 2009" for the eighth consecutive year[13]
    • Computerworld included MITRE in its "100 Best Places to Work in IT 2008" list, for the fourth consecutive year.[14]
    • Aviation Week ranked MITRE among the top 43 companies for aerospace and defense professionals in its 2009 Workforce Study[15]
  • Robert R. Everett was named winner of the 2008 Eugene G. Fubini Award.

MITRE employees have created 24 exploitable technologies,[16] generated 26 packages of downloadable software,[17] and been granted 67 US patents.[18]

[edit] External links

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c "Annual Report 2008: A Year at MITRE". The MITRE Corporation. 2009. http://www.mitre.org/about/annual_reports/mitre_2008_annual.pdf. Retrieved 2009-04-23. 
  2. ^ Redmond, Kent C.; Thomas M. Smith (2000). From Whirlwind to MITRE: The R&D Story of The SAGE Air Defense Computer. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ISBN 0-262-18201-7. 
  3. ^ Stoll, Clifford (1989-09-26). The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0385249461. 
  4. ^ Day, Kathleen (1996-02-23). "The Think Tank That Went Out for a Spin; Mitre Splits in Two to Answer Concerns That It Has an Unfair Edge in Government Work". The Washington Post. 
  5. ^ "The MITRE Corporation: A National Resource". The MITRE Corporation. 2009. http://www.mitre.org/news/pdfs/mitre.pdf. Retrieved 2009-04-25. 
  6. ^ Shearman, Jennifer (2008). The MITRE Corporation: Fifty Years of Service in the Public Interest. The MITRE Corporation. 
  7. ^ Oral history interview with Charles A. Zraket, Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota
  8. ^ "MITRE Board of Trustees". The MITRE Corporation. 2009-07-07. http://www.mitre.org/about/trustees.html. Retrieved 2009-08-02. 
  9. ^ "MITRE Awards and Recognition". MITRE Corporation. 2009-04-09. http://www.mitre.org/about/awards_recognition.html. Retrieved 2009-04-20. 
  10. ^ van Leeuwen, Marcel (2009-01-09). "FAA Names "Excellence in Aviation Research Award" Winners". AviationNews.eu (Aviation News). http://www.aviationnews.eu/?p=5490. Retrieved 2009-04-23. 
  11. ^ "MITRE Presented with Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service". bnet (Business Wire). 2008-07-12. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_June_12/ai_n26671431/. Retrieved 2009-04-15. 
  12. ^ "MITRE wins Air Force Association’s Theodore von Karman Award". The Integrator (US Air Force). 2008-07-31. http://integrator.hanscom.af.mil/2008/July/07312008/07312008.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-15. 
  13. ^ "Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For". Fortune Magazine. http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2009/. Retrieved 2009-04-15. 
  14. ^ "100 Best Places to Work in IT 2008". Computerworld. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9099638. Retrieved 2009-04-15. 
  15. ^ Shearman, Jennifer; Karina Wright (2009-09-16). "Aviation Week Names MITRE a "Best Place to Work"". MITRE Corporation. http://www.mitre.org/news/releases/09/aviationweek_09_16_2009.html. Retrieved 2009-10-06. 
  16. ^ "MITRE Technology Transfer Office: Available Technologies". MITRE Corporation. 2008-08-25. http://www.mitre.org/work/tech_transfer/technologies.html. Retrieved 2009-04-20. 
  17. ^ "MITRE Technology Transfer Office: Downloadable Software". MITRE Corporation. 2008-02-02. http://www.mitre.org/work/tech_transfer/downloadable_software.html. Retrieved 2009-04-20. 
  18. ^ "MITRE Technology Transfer Office Patent List". MITRE Corporation. 2008-08-04. http://www.mitre.org/work/tech_transfer/allpatents/patentchronlist.html. Retrieved 2009-04-20. 
  19. ^ "Acronyms: MITRE". The Free Dictionary. Farlex. http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/MITRE. Retrieved 2009-04-16. 
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