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The organization changed its name to Noblis in 2007. |
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38°51′34.5″N 77°12′59.6″W / 38.859583°N 77.216556°W
| Company type | Not-for-profit corporation |
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| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Falls Church, VA, USA |
Key people | Amr ElSawy (President) & (CEO) |
Number of employees | 750 |
| Website | www.noblis.org |
Noblis is a nonprofit, corporation headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia. They do scientific research and engineering with clients in the federal, state, and private sectors. They employ scientists, engineers, and researchers in business areas of health care, national security, transportation, sustainability, energy, environment, and climate, and enterprise transformation.
History
In 1996, Mitretek Systems was formed as a nonprofit corporation with a charter to perform research and engineering science and technology as a spin-off from Mitre.
Between 1996 and 2006, Mitretek Systems focused on Y2K compliance, national security threats, chemical and biological warfare, electronic transactions, traffic congestion, patient safety, environmental sustainability, and renewed energy resources. Mitretek sponsored research projects included: analyzing and implementing technologies to keep information secure on the Internet, communicating voice and data by using Internet Protocol in the event of a national emergency, developing gaming technologies for first responders, and creating sick city scenarios to understand what happens during a naturally occurring, or terrorist-instigated biological event.
The organization changed its name to Noblis in 2007.
Organization
Locations
- Falls Church, VA (Noblis HQ)
- San Antonio, TX
- Washington, DC