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A company unlike any other

Solving Problems for a Safer World

What We Do

As a not-for-profit organization, MITRE acts in the public interest by delivering objective, cost-effective solutions to many of the world's biggest challenges.

We operate FFRDCs—federally funded research and development centers—and provide technical expertise, stability, and continuity to government agency sponsors.

FFRDCs Put Research to Work

MITRE powers advances in national defense, aviation safety, GPS, financial systems, healthcare, cybersecurity, and more—advances that make your life better.

We’re 65+ years into our mission and just getting started. Work with us for public good.

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Defense & Intelligence

National Security Engineering Center 
Delivering impartial and independent systems thinking and technical expertise to strengthen key decision-making for national security and global defense.

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Aviation & Transportation

Center for Advanced Aviation System Development 
Transforming the safety, security, capacity, and efficiency of global transportation through data-driven analysis, collaborative research, and a holistic perspective.

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Civil Systems & Veterans' Services

Center for Enterprise Modernization 
Working to shape a federal enterprise that boosts government effectiveness, secures financial systems, and improves delivery of veterans’ benefits.

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Homeland Security

Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute™ 
Driving innovation and collaboration across the homeland security enterprise to safeguard the American people and our nation’s critical infrastructure.

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Health & Human Services

The Health FFRDC 
Accelerating innovation by connecting people and data to reinvent health systems, enhance care, and protect and promote health and well-being.

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Cybersecurity 

National Cybersecurity FFRDC 
Partnering with government and industry to confront cybersecurity challenges that pose a serious risk to national security, public safety, and economic prosperity.

Navy Lt. works in the command center aboard the USS John P. Murtha

Defense & Intelligence

National Security Engineering Center 
Delivering impartial and independent systems thinking and technical expertise to strengthen key decision-making for national security and global defense.

Two pilots in a lit up cockpit of an aircraft about to take off

Aviation & Transportation

Center for Advanced Aviation System Development 
Transforming the safety, security, capacity, and efficiency of global transportation through data-driven analysis, collaborative research, and a holistic perspective.

Outside view of the dome of the Capitol building

Civil Systems & Veterans' Services

Center for Enterprise Modernization 
Working to shape a federal enterprise that boosts government effectiveness, secures financial systems, and improves delivery of veterans’ benefits.

Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter

Homeland Security

Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute™ 
Driving innovation and collaboration across the homeland security enterprise to safeguard the American people and our nation’s critical infrastructure.

Female doctor comforts her young patient who has cancer

Health & Human Services

The Health FFRDC 
Accelerating innovation by connecting people and data to reinvent health systems, enhance care, and protect and promote health and well-being.

Mother and daughter using a banking machine outside

Cybersecurity 

National Cybersecurity FFRDC 
Partnering with government and industry to confront cybersecurity challenges that pose a serious risk to national security, public safety, and economic prosperity.

Our Impact

Solving problems for a safer world requires a strong vision and strategy and the courage to act boldly. At MITRE, we keep an eye on the future to stay ahead of the unprecedented pace of change.

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MITRE Labs

MITRE Labs inspires breakthroughs in applied science and advanced technology to transform the future of U.S. scientific and economic leadership.

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Independent R&D

MITRE’s Independent Research and Development Program gives us the freedom and flexibility to both respond to urgent challenges and anticipate the future for our government sponsors and the nation.

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Policy & Thought Leadership

MITRE helps to build bridges between diverse points of view by providing objective, nonpartisan, evidence-based insights—to inform public policy that’s effective, accessible, and technically sound.

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Partnerships

Working with our expanding network of partners—government, industry, other non-profits, national labs, and academia—we solve critical problems spanning sectors, technologies, and nations.

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MITRE Labs inspires breakthroughs in applied science and advanced technology to transform the future of U.S. scientific and economic leadership.

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Employee working in the quantum lab

MITRE’s Independent Research and Development Program gives us the freedom and flexibility to both respond to urgent challenges and anticipate the future for our government sponsors and the nation.

Learn More

MITRE staff collaborating

MITRE helps to build bridges between diverse points of view by providing objective, nonpartisan, evidence-based insights—to inform public policy that’s effective, accessible, and technically sound.

Learn More

A walkway connects North Point Park in Cambridge with Paul Revere Park in Charlestown. This walkway goes under the Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge

Working with our expanding network of partners—government, industry, other non-profits, national labs, and academia—we solve critical problems spanning sectors, technologies, and nations.

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