Our supercomputer has already hosted experimental use cases to improve weather models, simplify benefits systems, and harden critical infrastructure.
Top Publication Honors Impact of MITRE's Federal AI Sandbox
MITRE's Federal AI Sandbox (FAISBX) has been recognized among the CIO 100. The award celebrates organizations and teams that find innovative ways to use technology to deliver business value.
"We're honored to be recognized for the impact of the Federal AI Sandbox as a resource to agencies across the federal enterprise," said Michal Cenkl, director of transformational innovation in Enterprise Technology and project lead. "It reflects MITRE's unique ability to enable federal partners to accelerate AI adoption for mission impact — securely and at scale."
MITRE was also recognized in 2025 for establishing the FAISBX. Based in Ashburn, Va., it is powered by an NVIDIA DGX H100 SuperPOD™ equipped with 248 NVIDIA H100 GPUs, 9 PB of VAST high-performance storage, and high-speed network connectivity. The FAISBX is named "Judy" in honor of the computer science and engineering trailblazer Judy Clapp.
MITRE invests in lab facilities and state-of-the-art equipment like the Federal AI Sandbox so government agencies can test and iterate quickly, securely, and create impact at scale. In its first year alone, the Federal AI Sandbox trained foundational models and hosted experimental use cases to:
- Improve high-resolution weather modeling and hazard planning,
- Simplify government systems for benefits and services,
- Help cyber experts defend critical infrastructure, and
- Scale AI to improve imagery understanding.
Most of the time IT awards are operations-focused. In this case, IT is driving mission value.
The Federal AI Sandbox "enables our government sponsors to incubate their use cases, determine mission value, and accelerate their solutions to operation," said Beth Meinert, senior vice president and general manager, MITRE Public Sector.
"We built the Judy to reduce the friction between frontier AI and mission success, so government and industry can move faster from innovation to real-world capability," said Guido Zarrella, MITRE technical fellow, Artificial Intelligence.
Delivering the FAISBX was a true cross-MITRE effort involving staff from all MITRE sectors. It supports sponsor missions and MITRE's independent research and development alike, putting frontier AI to work for the nation as a unique differentiator of our business.
The award is MITRE's sixth consecutive CIO 100 honor and ninth overall.
"Most of the time IT awards are operations-focused, keeping systems running and the lights on," said Deborah Youmans, vice president and chief information officer. "In this case, IT is driving mission value, and we appreciate MITRE's continued recognition in support of the nation."