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.
Protecting the Nation from Biological Threats
August 2009
MITRE plays a growing role in protecting the United States from biological threats. We are currently engaged in a number of biosecurity measures ranging from research to coordination to education.
Faster Information Sharing Gives Edge to Warfighters
July 2009
ISR—intelligence, reconnaissance, and surveillance—has never been so important in modern warfare. Faster information sharing between services leverages ISR assets to gain superiority over adversaries. To see how they can take advantage of these advances, commanders see the possibilities with a scripted scenario in MITRE's ACME lab.
Helping Iraq Fly Solo Again
July 2009
Working in partnership with Iraq Air Force officers and U.S. and coalition teams, MITRE has helped lay out a roadmap to pave the way for Iraq's air force to operate without U.S. or multinational assistance.
Instant Two-way Translation Helps Soldiers in the Field
May 2009
Using human interpreters to translate English into Arabic in Iraq is cumbersome, but with MITRE's TRANSTAC system, speech recognition and machine translation technology make the job a lot easier.
With Better Information, Unmanned Systems Steer Clear of Bad Weather
April 2009
Until recently, pilots who remotely fly Predator and Reaper unmanned aircraft have had trouble avoiding bad weather that can damage their aircraft. Being 7,000 miles away, the pilots can't see the weather around their aircraft. With a MITRE-developed weather information service, pilots now use forecast overlays on their displays to avoid thunderstorms and other turbulence.
Targeting the 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors
February 2009
A programmer's mistake at the keyboard can introduce a coding error that allows hackers to slip through a computer's defenses. Now, a new list of the Top 25 most dangerous programming errors from MITRE's Common Weakness Enumeration program aims to help government and industry avoid costly and harmful security breaches.
A Fresh START Improves Replanning for Recon Missions
January 2009
MITRE improved START (for Spatio-Temporal Analysis for Rapid Tasking) to maximize target coverage and minimize risk to unmanned aerial vehicles that are already in the air and must be retasked for time-critical missions.
MITRE's Security Standards Support Massive Government IT Alignment
January 2009
It's a challenge to keep millions of U.S. government computer systems safe from bugs and malicious attack. MITRE standards are playing a key role in a massive federal computer reconfiguration effort aimed at improving security.
