Sense and Avoid: Flying Small UAS in Civil Airspace

July 2008

Soon, the sight of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) overhead may become common as they take on tasks such as homeland security and border surveillance. But first, MITRE researchers must help the FAA find ways to use sensors to avoid collisions between UAS and everything else in the sky.

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. Used for urban situation analysis, 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.

Helping Organizations Manage Transformations

May 2008

Change can be daunting for organizations as well as people. MITRE researchers are smoothing the pathways to organizational change by developing models to help government agencies, businesses, and other large groups predict how people will react to major transformations.

ADS-B: An Evolution in Air Traffic Control

August 2008

MITRE, working with a diverse team of aviation partners, helped make Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast, or ADS-B, a reality. Today ADS-B has set the stage for safer air travel than ever before.

India Cleared for Take Off

June 2008

To accommodate its expanding domestic aviation market—the second-fastest growing in the world—India has enlisted MITRE to help modernize the country's aviation infrastructure. As a first step, MITRE is studying India's two busiest airports to analyze the country's airport and airspace capacity, as well as helping train India's next generation of air traffic controllers.

UAT Puts UAVs on the Radar

June 2008

MITRE's UAT Beacon Radio is a revolutionary small, low-cost radio beacon under development that allows pilots to detect and avoid UAVs and other aircraft, such as sailplanes, made from composites.

RCAT: Testbed for NextGen

August 2008

To test how the Air Force can operate in the National Airspace System in the Next Generation Air Transportation System, the Air Force's Electronic System Center has joined its RCAT lab with Raytheon's Network Centric Operations Integration Lab.

MITRE Arrives: July 1958

July 2008

The third week of July marks the founding of MITRE, a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to supporting national defense. We look back at 1958 on the occasion of our 50th anniversary.

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.

Clearing Checkpoints in Transportation Security

May 2008

Since its founding in the aftermath of 9/11, the Transportation Security Agency has partnered with MITRE on a variety of programs. Our work with TSA on sophisticated airport screening initiatives such as Registered Traveler and Secure Flight uses advanced biometric techniques to help keep passengers moving smoothly to their gates.

VETSNET: Repaying a Special Debt

April 2008

MITRE engineers have been working with the Department of Veterans Affairs and private-sector contractors to get more veterans benefits processed and paid through VETSNET. The new program works so well that the number of veterans receiving their monthly payments through VETSNET has increased from some 10,000 a year ago to over 200,000 now.

MITRE Transforms Electronic Health Records

February 2008

The development of electronic health records (EHRs) promises to transform the healthcare industry. Project Laika, a research initiative co-sponsored by MITRE, will help EHR developers create software tools that share information seamlessly across a variety of systems.