National Security Engineering Center (NSEC)

Department of Defense FFRDC

The National Security Engineering Center FFRDC has developed numerous competencies to meet the specific needs of its customers.

Overview

MITRE was established in 1958 to support the development and fielding of electronically based air defense systems. Today, MITRE's National Security Engineering Center (formerly the DoD Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence FFRDC) supports a broad and diverse set of sponsors within the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. These include the military departments, defense and intelligence agencies, the combatant commands, and elements of both the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The systems engineering activities for these sponsors cover a wide range from concept development through the acquisition and fielding of advanced capabilities. Information systems technology, coupled with domain knowledge, underpin the work of the NSEC.

The depth and breadth of NSEC's work program generate both the obligation and the opportunity to support the DoD's achievement of its own broader vision. In that spirit, the current DoD/MITRE sponsoring agreement states that, "While serving the immediate needs of the many individual programs it supports, the FFRDC directs its work program toward achieving the DoD's vision of an integrated command and control capability based upon C4ISR systems that support joint U.S. and multinational military operations."

Customers

NSEC supports a broad base of customers within the DoD and intelligence community, including:

• Air Force
• Army
• Navy
• Marine Corps
• Defense Information Systems Agency
• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
• Missile Defense Agency
• Unified Commands
• Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Office of the Secretary of Defense
• Military Intelligence Agencies
• Other Members of the National Security Community

To work hand-in-hand with our clients, MITRE staff members work at sites around the world.

Competencies

NSEC has developed numerous competencies to meet the specific needs of its customers. It also draws from the MITRE-wide research and development program and various technical centers of excellence throughout the company. We are committed to continually maintaining and advancing these core competencies, which include:

• Systems engineering
• Information technology
• Information security
• Software development
• Communications and networking
• Signal Processing
• Economic and decision analysis
• Electronics
• Military aviation

Organizational Structure

To better meet the needs of our clients, we have organized NSEC into two centers:

The Center for Integrated Intelligence Systems (CIIS)
The CIIS supports the U.S. intelligence agencies, military intelligence organizations, and the combatant commanders. It has facilities in both Bedford, Massachusetts, and McLean, Virginia, with sites worldwide.

Command and Control Center (C2C)
The Command and Control Center serves MITRE's full range of Department of Defense sponsors and places special emphasis on creating a joint command, control, and communications system. The center works closely with MITRE's Center for Integrated Intelligence Systems, Center for Enterprise Modernization, and Center for Advanced Aviation System Development.

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Websites

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• Smart Power

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