MARIAAN Helps the Air Force "Fight Through" Cyber Attacks

November 2009

MITRE's Mission Aware Reporting of Information Assurance for Airborne Networks is a cybersecurity solution that enables the Air Force to protect its enclave networks by fusing mission information with details on security.

Beyond Vaccination: A New Platform for Treating Infectious Disease

November 2009

MITRE's Juan Arroyo and his team are working with the Medical University of South Carolina to investigate how innovative antibody therapies could become a viable alternative to vaccines during flu pandemics.

Blurred Images Bring Surveillance into Sharper Focus

July 2009

Researchers from MITRE's Computational Imaging for Persistent Pervasive Surveillance project are investigating ways to design better digital surveillance cameras. Their goal: to allow the freedom to manipulate the image data at either the optical end or the processing end, depending on the user's needs.

Green Air Space Design: Reducing Fuel Burn

October 2009

Can re-designing airspace save fuel for airlines? MITRE is looking at the benefits of reducing level-offs in terminal airspace, which could have the additional environmental benefit of reduced carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and sulfur oxides.

A Successful Landing: Modeling Chicago's Airspace in Real Time

August 2009

A MITRE team worked with the Chicago Terminal Radar Approach Control and Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center to run human-in-the-loop scenarios to find solutions for easing congestion at O'Hare International Airport—one of the world's busiest.

TCAS: A Second Set of Eyes for Pilots

June 2009

TCAS, the Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System, has helped keep commercial and military aviation safe since 1990. Today MITRE is working to help TCAS evolve as the new airborne surveillance procedures and applications required by NextGen become operational.

The Largest Upgrade in AWACS History

September 2009

Block 40/45 is the largest upgrade ever for the E3-Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System—better known as AWACS. The vastly improved computing power helps automate what used to be a manually intensive workload for the AWACS operators.

Countering the Loss of Satellite Communications and GPS

September 2009

Threats to deny or degrade U.S. satellite communications and GPS have been growing for years. MITRE's "Operations Without Space" project is helping the DoD and intelligence community develop mitigation strategies to "operate through" the loss of space-based capabilities.

One Step Ahead: MITRE's Simulation Experiments Address Irregular Warfare

September 2009

Sophisticated simulation experiments at MITRE's Naval Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Experimentation Lab help the corporation's sponsors develop sharper, more integrated warfighting capabilities to counter irregular threats.

Smooth Moves: Helping Military Families Transition to New Homes

September 2009

Moving military families from one location to the next is a daily—but complex—occurrence and virtually no two moves are alike. A team from MITRE helped the U.S. Transportation Command streamline the process, which ultimately ensures easier moves for service personnel and their families.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Take Health IT Lead

August 2009

One of the key drivers in the move toward national healthcare reform is the growing need for standardized electronic health records. One of the key players is the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which is working with MITRE to transform its IT systems in advance of the coming wave of change.

Many Happy Returns: Gaining Converts to e-File

March 2009

Congress wants at least 80 percent of all taxpayers to file their taxes over the Internet—a process known as e-filing. Convincing the skeptical taxpayer to file electronically involves much more than technology, but MITRE and its IRS partners are on track to do just that.