AWACS: You've Got Mail

July 2008

Although AWACS and Joint STARS platforms have been around for decades, they continue to thrive. To make them even more useful, MITRE is central to the current initiative to bring these surveillance kingpins fully into the Internet age.

A 3D-SLAM Dunk in Urban Situation Analysis

June 2008

Soldiers will someday use 3D-Simultaneous Localization and Mapping to build a 3D real-time video of an unknown environment before entering it. 3D-SLAM uses video sensors on unmanned ground vehicles and hovering unmanned aerial vehicles, along with visual odometry, to improve the safety of our soldiers.

MITRE History Moments: Command & Control in the Air and Undersea

June 2008

Over the past 50 years, MITRE has made significant contributions to command and control programs in our nation's defense. As the anniversary of our founding nears, we take a look back—and peer forward—at some of these achievements.