MITRE/Government Partnerships Win Three
AFCEA International Golden Link Awards
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
MITRE Contacts:
Karina H. Wright
(703) 983-6125
Eryn L. Gallagher
(781) 271-3782
Washington, D.C., May 11, 2004 — At a special
luncheon ceremony today during the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics
Association's (AFCEA's) 2004 TechNet International Conference, three AFCEA
International Golden Link Awards were presented to MITRE/Government partnerships.
The Golden Link Awards program recognizes excellence and innovation
in the application of technology in government operations. Winners were:
Blue Force Tracking — A capability for the commander to track
his forces on the battlefield, and provide situational awareness and command
and control. Accepting the award were Lieutenant Colonel John Bullington,
USA, Blue Force Tracking Product Manager at Ft. Monmouth, NJ; and Bruce
Robinson, Lead Operations Research Analyst at MITRE's Ft. Monmouth site.
Coalition Chat Line — A Navy initiative to support the coalition
warfighter. Using Translingual Instant Messaging (a collaboration application),
the Chat Line combines text messaging with automatic machine translation
among coalition force languages. Accepting the award were Mr. Chris F.
Hillenbrand, USN, Command Science Advisor, U.S. Naval Forces Europe; and
Roderick J. Holland, Chief Architect, Multimedia & Collaboration Services
for MITRE's Center for Integrated Intelligence Systems.
Cursor on Target — An endeavor responding to Air Force Chief
of Staff Gen. John Jumper's challenge to create a net-centric operational
capability from a machine-to-machine vision where "the sum of all wisdom
is a cursor over the target." Accepting the award were Colonel Michael
G. Therrien, USAF, Command Interoperability Program Office Director, Headquarters,
Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom AFB, MA; and Richard J. Byrne, Executive
Director (NII) in MITRE's Center for Air Force C2 Systems.
The three winners teamed to demonstrate the technologies that won the
awards, at a specially designed "Golden Link Winners" display booth in
the TechNet exhibition hall.
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