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{{short description|American not-for-profit corporation}}
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| location = [[Bedford, Massachusetts]] and [[McLean, Virginia]], United States
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'''The Mitre Corporation''' (stylized as '''The MITRE Corporation''' and '''MITRE''') is an American [[not-for-profit]] organization with dual headquarters in [[Bedford, Massachusetts]], and [[McLean, Virginia]]. It manages [[federally funded research and development centers]] (FFRDCs) supporting various U.S. government agencies in the aviation, defense, healthcare, [[homeland security]], and [[Computer security|cybersecurity]] fields, among others.<ref name="Gutierrez">{{cite news|last1=Gutierrez|first1=Peter|date=December 3, 2018|title=Chris Hegarty – Never a Dull Moment|work=[[Inside GNSS]]|url=https://insidegnss.com/chris-hegarty-never-a-dull-moment/|issn=1559-503X|accessdate=October 26, 2020|archive-date=July 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726170107/https://insidegnss.com/chris-hegarty-never-a-dull-moment/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Harvey2">{{cite news|last1=Harvey|first1=Cynthia|date=August 2, 2017|title=MITRE Data Center Retrofit Is a Model of Efficiency|work=[[Network Computing]]|url=https://www.networkcomputing.com/data-centers/mitre-data-centers-retrofit-model-efficiency|accessdate=October 27, 2020|archive-date=May 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520172220/https://www.networkcomputing.com/data-centers/mitre-data-centers-retrofit-model-efficiency|url-status=live}}</ref>

MITRE formed in 1958 as a military [[think tank]], spun out from the [[radar]] and [[computer]] research at the [[MIT Lincoln Laboratory]]. Over the years, MITRE's field of study had greatly diversified. In the 1990s, with the winding down of the [[Cold War]], private companies complained that MITRE had an unfair advantage competing for civilian contracts; in 1996 this led to the civilian projects being spun off to a new company, Mitretek. Mitretek was renamed [[Noblis]] in 2007.

== Etymology==
The name MITRE was created by [[James McCormack Jr.]], one of the original [[board member]]s. The name is not an acronym,<ref>{{cite news |title=What Do They Do There Anyway – MITRE |newspaper=The Bedford Citizen |first=Gene |last=Kalb |date=17 November 2022 |url=https://thebedfordcitizen.org/2022/11/what-do-they-do-there-anyway-mitre/ |access-date=22 April 2023 |archive-date=22 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422152552/https://thebedfordcitizen.org/2022/11/what-do-they-do-there-anyway-mitre/ |url-status=live }}</ref> although various claims that it is can be found online.<ref>{{cite web |title=What does MITRE stand for? |url=https://www.abbreviations.com/MITRE |website=Abbreviations |access-date=2023-04-22 |archive-date=2023-04-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422152552/https://www.abbreviations.com/MITRE |url-status=live }}</ref>  Originally always seen in [[upper case]], MITRE began using normal capitalization around the time of the Mitretek spinoff, but both forms can still be widely found {{as of|2023|lc=yes}}.

==History==
[[File:MITRE Center.jpg|thumb|The MITRE Center in [[Bedford, Massachusetts]], in 2009]]
[[File:MITRE McLean 2017a.jpg|thumb|MITRE offices in [[McLean, Virginia]], in 2017; the company has had a presence in McLean since 1963.]]

MITRE was founded in [[Bedford, Massachusetts]] in 1958,<ref name=Lake/> spun off from the [[MIT Lincoln Laboratory]].<ref name="Day">{{cite news |last1=Day |first1=Kathleen |title=The Think Tank That Went Out for a Spin |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1996/02/23/the-think-tank-that-went-out-for-a-spin/b117b3f3-a72b-44cc-9002-fb118d2aadcf/ |accessdate=October 13, 2020 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=February 23, 1996 |archive-date=June 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624042628/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1996/02/23/the-think-tank-that-went-out-for-a-spin/b117b3f3-a72b-44cc-9002-fb118d2aadcf/ |url-status=live }}</ref> MITRE's first employees had been developing the [[Semi-Automatic Ground Environment]] (SAGE) system and [[aerospace]] defense as part of Lincoln Labs Division 6. They were specifically engaged in MIT's research and engineering of the project.

MITRE's early leadership has been described as "a mix of men" affiliated with the [[Ford Foundation]], the [[Institute for Defense Analyses]], [[RAND Corporation]], [[System Development Corporation]] (SDC), and the [[United States Armed Forces]], including [[Horace Rowan Gaither]], [[James Rhyne Killian]], [[James McCormack]], and [[Julius Adams Stratton]].<ref name="Light">{{cite book |last1=Light |first1=Jennifer S. |title=From Warfare to Welfare: Defense Intellectuals and Urban Problems in Cold War America |date=September 19, 2005 |publisher=JHU Press |page=218 |isbn=9780801882739 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tc1fcJ8m_Q8C&pg=PA218 |accessdate=October 8, 2020 |archive-date=February 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219004141/https://books.google.com/books?id=Tc1fcJ8m_Q8C&pg=PA218 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In April 1959, a site was purchased in Bedford, Massachusetts, near [[Hanscom Air Force Base]], to develop a new MITRE laboratory, which MITRE occupied in September 1959.<ref name="sage">{{cite book |last1=Redmond |first1=Kent C. |first2=Thomas M. |last2=Smith |title=From Whirlwind to MITRE: The R&D Story of The SAGE Air Defense Computer |publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology |year=2000 |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts |isbn = 0-262-18201-7 }}</ref> MITRE established an office in McLean in 1963,<ref name=Day/> and had approximately 850 technical employees by 1967.<ref name="Leavitt">{{cite journal |last1=Leavitt |first1=William |title=MITRE: USAF's 'Think-Tank' Partner for Space-Age Command and Control |journal=Air Force Magazine |date=July 1967 |publisher=[[Air Force Association]] |page=59 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2eA9AQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA59 |accessdate=October 8, 2020 |volume=50 |archive-date=February 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219004131/https://books.google.com/books?id=2eA9AQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA59 |url-status=live }}</ref> MITRE registered the first [[.org]] domain on July 10, 1985, which continues to be used by the company.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sawers |first1=Paul |title=The first .org domain was registered 30 years ago today |url=https://venturebeat.com/2015/07/10/the-first-org-domain-was-registered-30-years-ago-today/ |access-date=December 3, 2020 |work=[[VentureBeat]] |date=July 10, 2015 |archive-date=October 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027131754/https://venturebeat.com/2015/07/10/the-first-org-domain-was-registered-30-years-ago-today/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Clabaugh |first1=Jeff |title=This McLean nonprofit was the first to use the .org domain, which turns 30 today |journal=Washington Business Journal |date=July 10, 2015 |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/techflash/2015/07/this-mclean-nonprofit-was-the-first-to-use-the-org.html |access-date=December 3, 2020 |archive-date=February 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219004143/https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/techflash/2015/07/this-mclean-nonprofit-was-the-first-to-use-the-org.html |url-status=live }}</ref> During the 1980s, the German hacker [[Markus Hess]] used an unsecured Mitre [[Tymnet]] connection as an entry point for intrusions into U.S. [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]], [[United States Department of Energy|Department of Energy]], and [[NASA]] computer networks.<ref name="cuckoo">{{cite book|last=Stoll|first=Clifford|title=[[The Cuckoo's Egg]]: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage|date=1989-09-26|publisher=[[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]]|isbn=978-0-385-24946-1|author-link=Clifford Stoll}}</ref> By 1989, the company had thousands of employees in Bedford and McLean; approximately 3,000 employees in the "command, control, communications and intelligence" ("C3I")<ref name=Day/> division oversaw military projects, while non-military projects were handled by the civilian METREK division, which had approximately 800 employees based in McLean.<ref name=Sugawara>{{cite news |last1=Sugawara |first1=Sandra |title=The Mighty Voice of MITRE |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1989/08/20/the-mighty-voice-of-mitre/d5dc63cd-be7b-41a9-89dd-44257aca99c4/ |accessdate=October 8, 2020 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=August 20, 1989 |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128040828/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1989/08/20/the-mighty-voice-of-mitre/d5dc63cd-be7b-41a9-89dd-44257aca99c4/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

By the 1990s, MITRE had become a "multifaceted engineering company with a wide range of clients," according to Kathleen Day of ''The Washington Post''.<ref name=Day/> MITRE worked on [[neural network software]], the long-distance telecommunications service [[FTS2000]] for the [[General Services Administration]], and a new computer system for the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]].<ref name=Sugawara/> On January 29, 1996, Mitre divided into two entities: The MITRE Corporation, to focus on its [[Federally funded research and development centers|FFRDCs]] for [[DoD]] and [[FAA]]; and a new company established in McLean, called Mitretek Systems until 2007 and now called [[Noblis]], to assume non-FFRDC research work for other U.S. Government agencies.<ref name=Day/>

==Organization==
MITRE restructured its [[research and development|research and engineering]] operations in mid 2020, forming MITRE Labs. Approximately half of MITRE's employees work under the unit, which seeks to "further extend the parent organization's impact across federally-funded research-and-development centers and with partners in academia and industry".<ref name="Wilkers">{{cite journal|last1=Wilkers|first1=Ross|date=July 14, 2020|title=MITRE stands up new R&D org|url=https://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2020/07/14/mitre-labs-reorg.aspx|journal=[[Washington Technology]]|accessdate=October 26, 2020|archive-date=November 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125215257/https://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2020/07/14/mitre-labs-reorg.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>

The nonprofit foundation MITRE Engenuity (or simply Engenuity) was launched in 2019 "to collaborate with the private sector on solving industrywide problems with cyber defense" in collaboration with corporate partners.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Cordell|first1=Carten|date=November 19, 2019|title=Mitre taps corporate partners to start up foundation focused on cyber defense|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2019/11/19/mitre-taps-corporate-partners-to-start-up.html|journal=Washington Business Journal|accessdate=October 27, 2020|archive-date=February 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219004144/https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2019/11/19/mitre-taps-corporate-partners-to-start-up.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The foundation created the Center for Threat-Informed Defense that has 23 member organizations with cybersecurity teams, as of 2020, including [[Fujitsu]] and [[Microsoft]].<ref name="Cimpanu">{{cite news|last1=Cimpanu|first1=Catalin|date=September 15, 2020|title=MITRE releases emulation plan for FIN6 hacking group, more to follow|work=[[ZDNet]]|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/mitre-releases-emulation-plan-for-fin6-hacking-group-more-to-follow/|accessdate=October 7, 2020|archive-date=September 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927040613/https://www.zdnet.com/article/mitre-releases-emulation-plan-for-fin6-hacking-group-more-to-follow/|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2020, Engenuity's Center for Threat-Informed Defense and partners launched the Adversary Emulation Library, a [[GitHub]]-hosted project providing downloadable emulation plans to network security groups at no cost.<ref name="Cimpanu" /> The library's first plan was focused on the prominent [[cybercrime]] group FIN6. MITRE had previously released emulation plans for the Chinese and Russian [[hacker group]]s [[Advanced persistent threat|Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) 3]] and [[APT29]] in 2017 and 2020, respectively.<ref name="Cimpanu" /> In March 2021, Engenuity created the MITRE ATT&CK Defender training program to educate and certify cybersecurity professionals.<ref>{{cite journal|date=April 1, 2021|title=Cybrary and MITRE announce MAD (MITRE ATT&CK Defender)|url=https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/94941-cybrary-and-mitre-announce-mad-mitre-attck-defender|journal=Security|access-date=May 13, 2021|archive-date=May 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520172155/https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/94941-cybrary-and-mitre-announce-mad-mitre-attck-defender|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) ===
MITRE manages six FFRDCs. The National Security Engineering Center, previously known as the C3I Federally Funded Research and Development Center until 2011, addresses national security issues for the Department of Defense.<ref name="Lake">{{cite news|last1=Lake|first1=Sydney|date=September 22, 2020|title=Mitre lands $463M Air Force contract|work=Virginia Business Magazine|url=https://www.virginiabusiness.com/article/mitre-lands-463m-air-force-contract/|accessdate=October 7, 2020|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120192818/https://www.virginiabusiness.com/article/mitre-lands-463m-air-force-contract/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Master">{{cite web|title=Master Government List of Federally Funded R&D Centers|url=https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/ffrdclist/|access-date=December 3, 2020|publisher=[[National Science Foundation]]|archive-date=December 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217073602/https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/ffrdclist/|url-status=live}}</ref>

MITRE's Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (CAASD) supports the FAA, an agency within the [[United States Department of Transportation|Department of Transportation]].<ref>{{cite web|title=A Review of the Federal Aviation Administration's Research, Engineering, and Development Program|url=https://www.transportation.gov/testimony/review-federal-aviation-administrations-research-engineering-and-development-program|access-date=December 3, 2020|publisher=[[United States Department of Transportation]]|archive-date=October 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016172452/https://www.transportation.gov/testimony/review-federal-aviation-administrations-research-engineering-and-development-program|url-status=live}}</ref>

The organization's Center for Enterprise Modernization, which focuses on enterprise modernization, was established as the IRS Federally Funded Research and Development Center in 1998, before being renamed in August 2001. Originally sponsored by the [[Internal Revenue Service]] (a bureau of the Department of the Treasury), the Department of Veterans Affairs joined as a co-sponsor in 2008,<ref>{{cite web|date=April 16, 2008|title=IRS/VA FFRDC Co-Sponsorship|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/04/16/E8-8173/irsva-ffrdc-co-sponsorship|access-date=December 3, 2020|website=[[Federal Register]]|publisher=[[Office of the Federal Register]]|archive-date=May 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520172147/https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/04/16/E8-8173/irsva-ffrdc-co-sponsorship|url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[Social Security Administration]] joined as a co-sponsor in 2018.<ref name="Master" />

MITRE's Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute (HSSEDI) completes work for the Department of Homeland Security, such as maintaining the federal executive department's list of the 25 most common [[software bug]]s.<ref name="Starks">{{cite news|last1=Starks|first1=Tim|date=December 2, 2019|title=Inside Microsoft's effort to secure the vote|work=[[Politico]]|url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-cybersecurity/2019/12/02/inside-microsofts-effort-to-secure-the-vote-783225|accessdate=October 26, 2020|archive-date=November 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127050611/https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-cybersecurity/2019/12/02/inside-microsofts-effort-to-secure-the-vote-783225|url-status=live}}</ref> The HSSEDI was established in 2009, following passage of the [[Homeland Security Act of 2002]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute|url=https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/hssedi|access-date=December 3, 2020|publisher=[[United States Department of Homeland Security]]|archive-date=December 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204091017/https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/hssedi|url-status=live}}</ref> and along with the Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute replaced the Homeland Security Institute.<ref name="Master" />

MITRE's CMS Alliance to Modernize Healthcare was established in 2012 as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Federally Funded Research and Development Center, also known as the Health FFRDC. The FFRDC is sponsored by the [[Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services]], an agency within the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services|Department of Health and Human Services]].<ref name="Master" />

MITRE has managed the [[National Cybersecurity FFRDC]] since 2014, following receipt of a "single [[Indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity|indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity]]" $5 billion contract from the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) for a research center dedicated to cybersecurity. MITRE will support NIST's work "related to cybersecurity solutions composed of commercial components and the integration of technology to build trustworthy information systems for government agencies".<ref name="Weigelt">{{cite journal|last1=Weigelt|first1=Matthew|date=September 22, 2014|title=MITRE to support NIST with cybersecurity FFRDC|url=https://washingtontechnology.com/2014/09/mitre-to-support-nist-with-cybersecurity-ffrdc/345264/|journal=[[Washington Technology]]|accessdate=October 26, 2022|archive-date=November 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108155910/https://washingtontechnology.com/2014/09/mitre-to-support-nist-with-cybersecurity-ffrdc/345264/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Currently, MITRE holds the contract to administer and provide management to [[JASON (advisory group)|JASON]], an advisory group for the federal government made up of scientists.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pentagon's Advisory Group, JASON, Survives Another Competition |url=https://about.bgov.com/news/pentagons-advisory-group-jason-survives-another-competition/ |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=Bloomberg Government |date=December 2020 |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-05-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521222835/https://about.bgov.com/news/pentagons-advisory-group-jason-survives-another-competition/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Policy ===
MITRE's Center for Data-Driven Policy, established in 2020, seeks to "provide evidence-based, objective and nonpartisan insights for government policymaking".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lake|first1=Sydney|date=September 23, 2020|title=Mitre launches data-driven policy center|work=Virginia Business|url=https://www.virginiabusiness.com/article/mitre-launches-data-driven-policy-center/|accessdate=October 27, 2020|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120194317/https://www.virginiabusiness.com/article/mitre-launches-data-driven-policy-center/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Center for Technology & National Security, now part of the Center for Data-Driven Policy, was created to link MITRE "with senior government officials for research and development purposes". Members of the advisory board include [[John F. Campbell (general)|John F. Campbell]], [[Lisa Disbrow]], [[William E. Gortney]], [[Robert B. Murrett]], and [[Robert O. Work]], as of mid 2020.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lake|first1=Sydney|date=June 22, 2020|title=MITRE names five to new advisory board|work=Virginia Business|url=https://www.virginiabusiness.com/article/mitre-names-five-to-new-advisory-board/|accessdate=October 26, 2020|archive-date=November 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122223940/https://www.virginiabusiness.com/article/mitre-names-five-to-new-advisory-board/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Projects ==

=== National security ===
U.S. military forces, especially the [[United States Air Force|Air Force]], were primary initial sponsors; according to ''Air Force Magazine'', MITRE was created "as a special-purpose technical not-for-profit firm to perform the SAGE systems-engineering job".<ref name="Leavitt" /> The [[aerial warfare]] service branch had struggled to identify a [[for-profit corporation]] to develop the defense system, so MITRE was hired to serve as the system engineer. MITRE subsequently designed air defense systems for the U.S. and allies, improving aircraft and missile tracking as well as communication interception abilities. The company also helped design the [[Cheyenne Mountain Complex]] facility in Colorado operating the [[North American Air Defense]] system.<ref name="Sugawara" /> In the 1970s, MITRE continued supporting military projects such as AWACS and the [[Joint Tactical Information Distribution System]] and "[helping] civil agencies develop information systems for transportation, medicine, law enforcement, space exploration and environmental cleanup."<ref name="Day" />

MITRE has completed software engineering work for the [[Distributed Common Ground System]] and helped the [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization]] create [[intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance]] (ISR) data standards. The company also worked with the Multi-Sensor Aerospace-Ground Joint ISR Interoperability Coalition to ensure proper formatting for ISR sensor data.<ref name="Ballard">{{cite news|last1=Ballard|first1=Mark|date=June 13, 2014|title=Drone kill communications net illustrated|work=[[Computer Weekly]]|url=https://www.computerweekly.com/blog/Public-Sector-IT/Drone-kill-communications-net-illustrated|accessdate=October 31, 2020|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111194016/https://www.computerweekly.com/blog/Public-Sector-IT/Drone-kill-communications-net-illustrated|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, MITRE developed the "Deliver Uncompromised" strategy for the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]], proposing recommendations for supply chain security.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Nakashima|first1=Elle|date=August 13, 2018|title=Pentagon is rethinking its multibillion-dollar relationship with U.S. defense contractors to boost supply chain security|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/the-pentagon-is-rethinking-its-multibillion-dollar-relationship-with-us-defense-contractors-to-stress-supply-chain-security/2018/08/12/31d63a06-9a79-11e8-b60b-1c897f17e185_story.html|accessdate=October 29, 2020|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215065809/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/the-pentagon-is-rethinking-its-multibillion-dollar-relationship-with-us-defense-contractors-to-stress-supply-chain-security/2018/08/12/31d63a06-9a79-11e8-b60b-1c897f17e185_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> MITRE and the [[Air Force Association]]'s Mitchell Institute published a report in 2019 recommending improved technologies for the U.S. nuclear command, control and communications (NC3) network and warning that some of the system's early satellites are "vulnerable to electronic attacks and interference".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Erwin|first1=Sandra|date=February 14, 2019|title=Report: Updating the military's nuclear communications systems a complex and expensive challenge|work=[[SpaceNews]]|url=https://spacenews.com/report-updating-the-militarys-nuclear-communications-systems-a-complex-and-expensive-challenge/|accessdate=October 30, 2020|archive-date=February 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219004145/https://spacenews.com/report-updating-the-militarys-nuclear-communications-systems-a-complex-and-expensive-challenge/|url-status=live}}</ref> The firm also published a government-mandated report with recommendations for the Air Force's inventory in 2030.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Cohen|first1=Rachel S.|date=August 7, 2019|title=MITRE: Air Force Needs New Aircraft, Basing Ideas to Win in Pacific|url=https://www.airforcemag.com/mitre-air-force-needs-new-aircraft-basing-ideas-to-win-in-pacific/|journal=Air Force Magazine|accessdate=October 30, 2020|archive-date=October 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026074938/https://www.airforcemag.com/mitre-air-force-needs-new-aircraft-basing-ideas-to-win-in-pacific/|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs|Department of Veterans Affairs]] hired MITRE to provide recommendation for implementation and program integration of the [[Forever GI Bill]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ogrysko|first1=Nicole|date=May 15, 2019|title=VA hires IT systems integrator to meet new Forever GI bill implementation deadline|publisher=[[Federal News Network]]|url=https://federalnewsnetwork.com/veterans-affairs/2019/05/va-hires-it-systems-integrator-to-meet-new-forever-gi-bill-implementation-deadline/|accessdate=November 1, 2020|archive-date=November 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107225650/https://federalnewsnetwork.com/veterans-affairs/2019/05/va-hires-it-systems-integrator-to-meet-new-forever-gi-bill-implementation-deadline/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Ogrysko|first1=Nicole|date=September 16, 2020|title=VA's latest IT project? A digital GI bill transformation|publisher=[[Federal News Network]]|url=https://federalnewsnetwork.com/veterans-affairs/2020/09/vas-latest-it-project-a-digital-gi-bill-transformation/|accessdate=November 1, 2020|archive-date=October 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030230526/https://federalnewsnetwork.com/veterans-affairs/2020/09/vas-latest-it-project-a-digital-gi-bill-transformation/|url-status=live}}</ref>

MITRE has also focused on the [[great power]] competition; in 2020, the company published a paper about [[5G]] networks and competition between China and the U.S.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wolfe|first1=Frank|date=February 14, 2020|title=Pentagon Seeks Ramp Up in 5G Investment, What Does it Mean for Military Avionics?|work=Aviation Today|url=https://www.aviationtoday.com/2020/02/14/pentagon-wants-ramp-investment-5g/|accessdate=October 30, 2020|archive-date=November 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129103733/https://www.aviationtoday.com/2020/02/14/pentagon-wants-ramp-investment-5g/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Airspace, Global Positioning System (GPS), and aerospace ===
In addition to military work, MITRE's early projects included [[air traffic control]] improvements for the [[Federal Aviation Administration]] (FAA).<ref name="Sugawara" /> During the 1980s, MITRE helped modernize the Air Force's [[airborne early warning and control]] system and improve the [[Milstar]] constellation of [[communications satellite]]s. The company also worked on a major overhaul of the FAA's traffic control system as well as sensor technology for tracking [[stealth aircraft]].<ref name="Sugawara" /> In 1997, MITRE sponsored a research program related to [[Global Positioning System]] (GPS) adaptive nulling antennas.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Rao|first1=B.R.|last2=Solomon|first2=M.N.|last3=Rhines|first3=M.D.|last4=Teig|first4=L.J.|last5=Davis|first5=R.J.|last6=Rosario|first6=E.N.|title=IEEE 1998 Position Location and Navigation Symposium (Cat. No.98CH36153)|chapter=Research on GPS antennas at Mitre|year=1998|pages=634–641|chapter-url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/670225/similar#similar|publisher=[[IEEE Xplore]] ([[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]])|doi=10.1109/PLANS.1998.670225|isbn=0-7803-4330-1|s2cid=110733960|accessdate=October 26, 2020|archive-date=May 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520172146/https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/670225/similar#similar|url-status=live}}</ref> MITRE also provided [[global navigation satellite system]] signal generation equipment for testing at the [[United States Army]]'s [[White Sands Missile Range]].<ref name="Gutierrez" /> The [[Air Force Research Laboratory]]'s [[geosynchronous satellite]] Navigation Technology Satellite-3 will use MITRE's Global Navigation Satellite System Test Architecture to "implement user equipment capability".<ref>{{cite news|date=July 28, 2020|title=Way, Way Out in Front – Navigation Technology Satellite-3: The Vanguard for Space-Based PNT|work=[[Inside GNSS]]|url=https://insidegnss.com/way-way-out-in-front-navigation-technology-satellite-3-the-vanguard-for-space-based-pnt/|accessdate=October 26, 2020|archive-date=October 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025231846/https://insidegnss.com/way-way-out-in-front-navigation-technology-satellite-3-the-vanguard-for-space-based-pnt/|url-status=live}}</ref>

MITRE has worked on the [[traffic collision avoidance system]] of the [[Next Generation Air Transportation System]] (NextGen), a modernization project of the [[National Airspace System]] (NAS).<ref name="Kelvey2">{{cite journal|last1=Kelvey|first1=Jon|date=February 2018|title=Air Traffic Control Enters the 21st Century|url=https://www.airspacemag.com/flight-today/air-traffic-calming-devices-180967713/|journal=[[Air & Space/Smithsonian]]|accessdate=October 26, 2020|archive-date=October 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030103312/https://www.airspacemag.com/flight-today/air-traffic-calming-devices-180967713/|url-status=live}}</ref> MITRE's Integrated Demonstration and Experimentation for Aeronautics (IDEA) Lab has assessed the impact of new technologies for the FAA since 1992. In addition to [[air traffic management]] and aviation regulations, the group has worked on merging [[unmanned aerial vehicle]] operations into the NAS as well as defining how the system will function in 2035, a decade after the scheduled implementation of NextGen.<ref name="Wolfe">{{cite news|last1=Wolfe|first1=Frank|date=December 11, 2019|title=MITRE Aviation Lab Looking At What National Airspace System Will Look Like in 2035|work=Aviation Today|url=https://www.aviationtoday.com/2019/12/11/mitre-aviation-lab-looking-national-airspace-system-will-look-like-2035/|accessdate=October 29, 2020|archive-date=October 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031194104/https://www.aviationtoday.com/2019/12/11/mitre-aviation-lab-looking-national-airspace-system-will-look-like-2035/|url-status=live}}</ref>

MITRE has explored the use of mobile devices for communicating [[instrument flight rules]], specifically clearances at airports lacking Pre-Departure Clearance/Data Comm Clearance.<ref name="ForeFlight">{{cite web|last1=Lynch|first1=Kerry|date=May 11, 2018|title=Mitre, ForeFlight to Test Mobile IFR Clearance Delivery|url=https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2018-05-11/mitre-foreflight-test-mobile-ifr-clearance-delivery|publisher=[[Aviation International News]]|accessdate=October 31, 2020|archive-date=May 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520172156/https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2018-05-11/mitre-foreflight-test-mobile-ifr-clearance-delivery|url-status=live}}</ref> The company's Pacer [[web application]] uses [[System Wide Information Management]] and Traffic Flow Management System data as well as airline and [[general aviation]] departure schedules to "improve the way that general aviation operators file for and obtain departure clearances".<ref name="Bellamy">{{cite news|last1=Bellamy III|first1=Woodrow|date=August 27, 2019|title=Can This Application Streamline Airline and GA Departure Flows at Airports?|work=Aviation Today|url=https://www.aviationtoday.com/2019/08/27/can-application-streamline-airlines-ga-departure-flows-airports/|accessdate=October 31, 2020|archive-date=October 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030091136/https://www.aviationtoday.com/2019/08/27/can-application-streamline-airlines-ga-departure-flows-airports/|url-status=live}}</ref>

MITRE has also completed air traffic control and safety work for the [[Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore]] (CAAS).<ref name="Lynch2">{{cite news|last1=Lynch|first1=Kerry|date=February 9, 2020|title=Mitre, Singapore Plan for Future Capacity, Safety|publisher=[[Aviation International News]]|url=https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2020-02-09/mitre-singapore-plan-future-capacity-safety|accessdate=October 31, 2020|archive-date=May 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520172154/https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2020-02-09/mitre-singapore-plan-future-capacity-safety|url-status=live}}</ref> The company's Singapore-based unit was hired by CAAS to consider how [[artificial intelligence]], [[machine learning]], and [[speech recognition]] could be used to improve air traffic management systems.<ref name="Sregantan">{{cite news|last1=Sregantan|first1=Navin|date=February 6, 2018|title=Singapore Airshow 2018: CAAS inks 3 pacts to advance air traffic management|work=[[The Straits Times]]|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/singapore-airshow-2018-caas-inks-3-pacts-to-advance-air-traffic|accessdate=October 31, 2020|archive-date=October 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023060443/https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/singapore-airshow-2018-caas-inks-3-pacts-to-advance-air-traffic|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Yu">{{cite news|last1=Yu|first1=Eileen|date=February 7, 2018|title=Singapore designates area for drone tests, explores new tech for air traffic management|work=[[ZDNet]]|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/singapore-designates-area-for-drone-tests-explores-new-tech-for-air-traffic-management/|accessdate=October 31, 2020|archive-date=October 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031143136/https://www.zdnet.com/article/singapore-designates-area-for-drone-tests-explores-new-tech-for-air-traffic-management/|url-status=live}}</ref> Among MITRE's innovations was a "speech recognition prototype that will automate and shorten the transcription process during an aviation incident investigation".<ref name="Ng">{{cite news|last1=Ng|first1=Charmaine|date=August 15, 2019|title=CAAS chief sets sights on faster airport clearance|work=[[The Straits Times]]|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/caas-chief-sets-sights-on-faster-airport-clearance|accessdate=October 31, 2020|archive-date=August 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808083802/https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/caas-chief-sets-sights-on-faster-airport-clearance|url-status=live}}</ref>

MITRE and the [[Naval Research Laboratory]] developed the Frequency-scaled Ultra-wide Spectrum Element (FUSE) antenna to increase the data transfer speed between ground users and satellites. Meshbed, a [[CubeSat]] launched into orbit by the [[Indian Space Research Organisation]]'s [[Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle]] in November 2019, will test the antenna's effectiveness.<ref name="Clark">{{cite news|last1=Clark|first1=Stephen|date=November 27, 2019|title=PSLV delivers India's highest-resolution Earth observation satellite to orbit|work=Spaceflight Now|url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/11/27/pslv-delivers-indias-highest-resolution-earth-observation-satellite-to-orbit/|accessdate=October 31, 2020|archive-date=October 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023032926/https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/11/27/pslv-delivers-indias-highest-resolution-earth-observation-satellite-to-orbit/|url-status=live}}</ref> MITRE has received three patents for the antenna.<ref name="Meyerson">{{cite news|last1=Meyerson|first1=Hilary|date=October 14, 2019|title=Getting Meshbed to Space!|work=Spaceflight.com|url=https://spaceflight.com/getting-meshbed-to-space/|accessdate=October 31, 2020|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806161646/https://spaceflight.com/getting-meshbed-to-space/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Cybersecurity and election integrity ===
The MITRE ATT&CK framework, launched in 2015,<ref name="Waldman">{{cite web |date=October 31, 2023 |title=Mitre ATT&CK Version History |url=https://attack.mitre.org/resources/versions/ |accessdate=April 23, 2024 |publisher=[[MITRE]]}}</ref> has been described by ''[[Computer Weekly]]'' as "the free, globally accessible service that offers comprehensive and current cyber security threat information" to organizations,<ref name="Scroxton">{{cite journal|last1=Scroxton|first1=Alex|date=October 6, 2020|title=CISOs struggle to keep up with MITRE ATT&CK framework|url=https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252490137/CISOs-struggle-to-keep-up-with-MITRE-ATTCK-framework|journal=[[Computer Weekly]]|publisher=[[TechTarget]]|issn=0010-4787|accessdate=October 7, 2020|archive-date=October 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007071912/https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252490137/CISOs-struggle-to-keep-up-with-MITRE-ATTCK-framework|url-status=live}}</ref> and by [[TechTarget]] as a "global knowledge base of threat activity, techniques and models".<ref name="Waldman" /> The framework has been used by the [[Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency]] and the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]]. Version 14.1 was released in October 2023.<ref name="Waldman" /> According to a 2020 study published by the [[University of California, Berkeley]] and [[Computer security software|security software]] company [[McAfee]], 80 percent of companies use the framework for cybersecurity.<ref name="Lemos">{{cite news|last1=Lemos|first1=Robert|date=October 16, 2020|title=Academia Adopts Mitre ATT&CK Framework|work=Dark Reading|url=https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/academia-adopts-mitre-attandck-framework/d/d-id/1339197|access-date=December 3, 2020|archive-date=December 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209212618/https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/academia-adopts-mitre-attandck-framework/d/d-id/1339197|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Structured Threat Information eXchange (STIX), described as a "machine-to-machine cyber threat information-sharing language", was developed by MITRE and the [[United States Department of Homeland Security|Department of Homeland Security]]. The program facilitates information sharing between industry, critical infrastructure operators and government in order to blunt cyberattacks" and allows participants to share data via the Trusted Automated eXchange of Indicator Information (TAXII). Program governance was granted to the global nonprofit consortium [[OASIS (organization)|OASIS]] in 2015, and STIX 2.0 was approved in 2017.<ref name="Rockwell">{{cite news|last1=Rockwell|first1=Mark|date=April 17, 2017|title=Cyber threat info sharing made easier|work=GCN|url=https://gcn.com/articles/2017/04/17/stix-threat-info-sharing.aspx|accessdate=October 30, 2020|archive-date=May 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520172149/https://gcn.com/articles/2017/04/17/stix-threat-info-sharing.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>

In September 2020, the U.S. Air Force awarded a $463 million contract to continue work for the National Security Engineering Center, an FFRDC supporting the Department of Defense and [[United States Intelligence Community|Intelligence Community]]. The contract will provide cybersecurity, electronics, [[information technology]], sensors, and [[systems engineering]] services in Bedford and McLean for one year.<ref name="Lake" /> [[Microsoft]] and MITRE partnered on the [[open source]] Adversarial Machine Learning Threat Matrix in collaboration with [[IBM]], [[Nvidia]], and academic institutions. Launched in October 2020, the framework is "designed to organize and catalogue known techniques for attacks against machine-learning systems, to inform security analysts and provide them with strategies to detect, respond and remediate against threats".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Leprince-Ringuet|first1=Daphne|date=October 23, 2020|title=AI security: This project aims to spot attacks against critical systems before they happen|work=[[ZDNet]]|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/ai-security-this-project-aims-to-spot-attacks-against-critical-systems-before-they-happen/|accessdate=October 30, 2020|archive-date=October 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029175758/https://www.zdnet.com/article/ai-security-this-project-aims-to-spot-attacks-against-critical-systems-before-they-happen/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In February 2020, MITRE launched SQUINT, a free app allowing election officials to report misinformation on social media; the app was being used by eleven U.S. states, as of October 2020.<ref>{{cite news|date=October 8, 2020|title=Free tech tools for election officials|work=GCN|url=https://gcn.com/articles/2020/10/08/election-security-tools.aspx|accessdate=October 30, 2020|archive-date=October 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028095139/https://gcn.com/articles/2020/10/08/election-security-tools.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Pananjady|first1=Kasturi|date=September 28, 2020|title=Monitoring for false voting info new job for CT secretary of state|work=[[Connecticut Post]]|url=https://www.ctpost.com/elections/article/Monitoring-for-false-voting-info-new-job-for-CT-15602414.php|accessdate=October 30, 2020|archive-date=October 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030041839/https://www.ctpost.com/elections/article/Monitoring-for-false-voting-info-new-job-for-CT-15602414.php|url-status=live}}</ref> The company also established the National Election Security Lab, offering free risk assessments for voting systems.<ref name="Levinson">{{cite web|last1=Levinson|first1=Charles|date=February 7, 2020|title=This app wants to be the one that curbs election chaos|url=https://www.protocol.com/mitre-squint-reports-fake-information|website=Protocol|accessdate=October 30, 2020|archive-date=September 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927011539/https://www.protocol.com/mitre-squint-reports-fake-information|url-status=live}}</ref>

Other projects include the [[Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures|Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)]] database of [[Vulnerability (computing)|vulnerabilities]] and exposures related to [[information security]] and the [[Common Weakness Enumeration|Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)]] category system for software weaknesses and vulnerabilities.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Morgan|first1=Lisa|date=March 2, 2020|title=Focused on application vulnerabilities? You're missing the bigger picture|url=https://sdtimes.com/devops/focused-on-application-vulnerabilities-youre-missing-the-bigger-picture/|journal=[[SD Times]]|accessdate=November 1, 2020|archive-date=October 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022013755/https://sdtimes.com/devops/focused-on-application-vulnerabilities-youre-missing-the-bigger-picture/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Osborne|first1=Charlie|date=September 18, 2019|title=These software vulnerabilities top MITRE's most dangerous list|work=[[ZDNet]]|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/these-software-vulnerabilities-top-mitres-most-dangerous-list-in-2019/|accessdate=November 1, 2020|archive-date=November 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126163648/https://www.zdnet.com/article/these-software-vulnerabilities-top-mitres-most-dangerous-list-in-2019/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Government innovation ===
MITRE and the British startup company Simudyne partnered to convert an "agent-based" [[financial risk]] model of "asset fire-sales and investor flight from banks and funds into a commercial product". The new system is based on one MITRE had previously created for the [[United States Department of the Treasury|Department of the Treasury]].<ref name="Davies">{{cite news|last1=Davies|first1=Paul J.|date=December 18, 2018|title=A New Way to Spot the Next Financial Crisis|work=The Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-new-way-to-spot-the-next-financial-crisis-11545131907|accessdate=October 29, 2020|archive-date=October 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031115947/https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-new-way-to-spot-the-next-financial-crisis-11545131907|url-status=live}}</ref> MITRE has also researched cloud computing policy,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Boyd|first1=Aaron|date=October 29, 2018|title=Public Input on 'Cloud Smart' Policy Starts With a Basic Question: What Is Cloud?|url=https://www.nextgov.com/it-modernization/2018/10/public-input-cloud-smart-policy-starts-basic-question-what-cloud/152400/|access-date=December 3, 2020|website=Nextgov|archive-date=December 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230182624/https://www.nextgov.com/it-modernization/2018/10/public-input-cloud-smart-policy-starts-basic-question-what-cloud/152400/|url-status=live}}</ref> helped the U.S. federal government identify fraudulent comments intended to "spoof" public support for non-existent positions during the rulemaking process,<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Russell|first1=Lia|date=January 31, 2020|title=Fighting bots and comment spam|url=https://fcw.com/articles/2020/01/31/comments-spam-regulations-russell.aspx|journal=[[Federal Computer Week]]|access-date=December 3, 2020|archive-date=October 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029114020/https://fcw.com/articles/2020/01/31/comments-spam-regulations-russell.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> and increased the [[Pennsylvania Department of Revenue]]'s delinquent taxpayer compliance rate.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kanowitz|first1=Stephanie|date=June 26, 2020|title=How a gentle nudge can impact government programs|work=GCN|url=https://gcn.com/articles/2020/06/26/nudge-impact-programs.aspx|access-date=December 3, 2020|archive-date=December 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203151606/https://gcn.com/articles/2020/06/26/nudge-impact-programs.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Health care ===
In 1982, Mitre authored a proposal for the State Department called "Cannabis Eradication in Foreign Western Nations." In this proposal, a plan was outlined to eradicate cannabis in participating nations within 121 days, for $19 million. The report discussed the use and safety considerations of [[paraquat]]. The plan would have been to aerially dispense paraquat over marijuana crops. One safety concern was the food crops grown alongside the marijuana crops being contaminated. A study conducted on rats by Imperial Chemical Industries was cited in the report, and claimed low health risks for paraquat. The [[U.S. Public Health Service]] commented on this study saying that due to the present squamous metaplasia in the respiratory tracts of the rats that "This study should not be used to calculate the safe inhalation dose of paraquat in humans."<ref>{{cite journal|year=1983|title=Paraquat|journal=High Times|volume=1|issue=91}}</ref>

During the 1980s, MITRE worked on a digital radiological imaging project for [[MedStar Georgetown University Hospital]] and an upgrade to [[MEDLINE]] for the National Institutes of Health.<ref name="Sugawara" /> Synthea, MITRE's open source [[synthetic data]] system, "mirrors real population information in terms of demographics, disease burden, vaccinations, medical visits and social determinants",<ref name="Cohen">{{cite news|last1=Cohen|first1=Jessica Kim|date=February 14, 2019|title=Google, Mitre Corp. to bring 'synthetic' patient data to developers|work=Becker's Hospital Review|url=https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/google-mitre-corp-to-bring-synthetic-patient-data-to-developers.html|accessdate=October 31, 2020|archive-date=October 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027233637/https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/google-mitre-corp-to-bring-synthetic-patient-data-to-developers.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and seeks to "mimic how each patient progresses from birth to death through modular representations of various diseases and conditions".<ref name="Gershman">{{cite news|last1=Gershman|first1=Jacob|date=September 10, 2020|title=Health Data After COVID-19: More Laws, Less Privacy|work=The Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/protecting-health-data-after-covid-19-more-laws-less-privacy-11599750100|accessdate=October 31, 2020|archive-date=October 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031033341/https://www.wsj.com/articles/protecting-health-data-after-covid-19-more-laws-less-privacy-11599750100|url-status=live}}</ref> MITRE's patient [[data set]] SyntheticMass, based on "fictional" Massachusetts residents, was formatted by [[Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources]] and made available to developers via [[Google Cloud]] in 2019.<ref name="Cohen" />

==== COVID-19 {{anchor|Vaccination Credential Initiative}} ====
{{See also|COVID-19 pandemic in the United States}}In March 2020, during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], MITRE published a [[white paper]] claiming the number of confirmed and reported [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]] cases "significantly underrepresent the actual number of active domestic COVID-19 infections" in the United States. MITRE said the gap was because of "limited testing capability and the multi-day period of asymptomatic infectivity associated with the COVID-19 pathogen".<ref name="Bartlett">{{cite journal|last1=Bartlett|first1=Jessica|date=March 20, 2020|title=State asks hospitals not to release coronavirus testing totals|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2020/03/20/state-asks-hospitals-not-to-release-coronavirus.html|journal=[[Boston Business Journal]]|publisher=[[American City Business Journals]]|accessdate=October 27, 2020|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112233925/https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2020/03/20/state-asks-hospitals-not-to-release-coronavirus.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Cohan">{{cite news|last1=Cohan|first1=Alexi|date=March 20, 2020|title=Coronavirus cases doubling faster in the U.S. than any other country, report says|work=[[Boston Herald]]|url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/03/20/coronavirus-cases-doubling-faster-in-the-u-s-than-any-other-country-report-says/|accessdate=October 27, 2020|archive-date=October 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024100123/https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/03/20/coronavirus-cases-doubling-faster-in-the-u-s-than-any-other-country-report-says/|url-status=live}}</ref> MITRE managed the Coronavirus Commission on Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes, announced by the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|Donald Trump administration]] in June 2020, to "independently and comprehensively assess" responses to the pandemic and "offer actionable recommendations to inform future responses to infectious disease outbreaks within nursing homes".<ref name="Mathews">{{cite news|last1=Mathews|first1=Anna Wilde|date=August 21, 2020|title=Covid-19 Crisis in Nursing Homes Requires Aggressive Federal Response, Panel Says|work=The Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-crisis-in-nursing-homes-requires-aggressive-federal-response-panel-says-11598015913|accessdate=October 27, 2020|archive-date=November 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114225517/https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-crisis-in-nursing-homes-requires-aggressive-federal-response-panel-says-11598015913|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Mathews|first1=Anna Wilde|date=September 16, 2020|title=Covid-19 Response in Nursing Homes Faulted by Federal Panel|work=The Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-response-in-nursing-homes-faulted-by-federal-panel-11600302869|accessdate=October 27, 2020|archive-date=November 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102075212/https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-response-in-nursing-homes-faulted-by-federal-panel-11600302869|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) funded a $16.5 million MITRE-led project to create an enduring open source tool called Sara Alert, for monitoring symptoms of Americans exposed to COVID-19. MITRE developed the free tool in collaboration with multiple national [[public health]] organizations as well as local and [[State health agency|state health agencies]].<ref name="Tozzi">{{cite news|last1=Tozzi|first1=John|date=April 22, 2020|title=They've Got Phones, Clipboards and Virus Cases. What Do They Need? Software.|publisher=[[Bloomberg News]]|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-22/here-s-how-to-track-covid-cases-using-data-so-economy-can-reopen|access-date=December 3, 2020|archive-date=May 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520172145/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-22/here-s-how-to-track-covid-cases-using-data-so-economy-can-reopen|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Vox">{{cite news|last1=Morrison|first1=Sara|date=May 20, 2020|title=Apple and Google roll out their new exposure notification tool. Interest seems limited.|work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]|publisher=[[Vox Media]]|url=https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/5/20/21264045/apple-google-exposure-notification-contact-tracing-release|accessdate=October 27, 2020|archive-date=November 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101181746/https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/5/20/21264045/apple-google-exposure-notification-contact-tracing-release|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="WAGM">{{cite news|date=May 26, 2020|title=Maine Expands Contact Tracing to Limit the Spread of COVID-19|publisher=[[WAGM-TV]]|url=https://www.wagmtv.com/content/news/Maine-Expands-Contact-Tracing-to-Limit-the-Spread-of-COVID-19-570773221.html|accessdate=October 27, 2020|archive-date=June 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606191350/https://www.wagmtv.com/content/news/Maine-Expands-Contact-Tracing-to-Limit-the-Spread-of-COVID-19-570773221.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2020, Sara Alert launched in Arkansas and was being tested in [[Danbury, Connecticut]] as well as the Northern Mariana Islands, with data being maintained by the [[Association of Public Health Laboratories]].<ref name="Waddell">{{cite web|last1=Waddell|first1=Kaveh|date=April 24, 2020|title=Tracking Everyone With Coronavirus Is a Huge Task. These Systems Could Help.|url=https://www.consumerreports.org/public-health/tracking-coronavirus-is-a-huge-task-these-systems-could-help/|publisher=[[Consumer Reports]]|accessdate=October 27, 2020|archive-date=October 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025222701/https://www.consumerreports.org/public-health/tracking-coronavirus-is-a-huge-task-these-systems-could-help/|url-status=live}}</ref> Sara Alert was being used in Idaho, Maine,<ref name="WAGM" /> Pennsylvania, and Virginia by the end of May,<ref name="Vox" /><ref>{{cite news|last1=Williams|first1=Elliot C.|last2=Gathright|first2=Jenny|last3=Cheslow|first3=Daniella|date=August 11, 2020|title=As Contact Tracing Ramps Up In The D.C. Region, What Have We Learned So Far?|publisher=[[WAMU]]|url=https://wamu.org/story/20/08/11/dc-md-va-region-contact-tracers-coronavirus-questions-answered-faq/|accessdate=October 27, 2020|archive-date=August 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819233956/https://wamu.org/story/20/08/11/dc-md-va-region-contact-tracers-coronavirus-questions-answered-faq/|url-status=live}}</ref> and Guam by October.<ref>{{cite news|date=October 2, 2020|title=Public Health launches Sara Alert to limit the spread of COVID-19. What we know.|work=[[Pacific Daily News]]|url=https://www.guampdn.com/story/news/local/2020/10/01/public-health-sara-alert-tool-covid-guam/5877046002/|accessdate=October 27, 2020|archive-date=February 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219004135/https://www.guampdn.com/news/local/public-health-launches-sara-alert-to-limit-the-spread-of-covid-19-what-we-know/article_82893db1-653b-50be-87cf-e8501963ec0c.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Since January 2021, MITRE has co-lead a coalition known as the Vaccination Credential Initiative (VCI), which is composed of over 300 technology and healthcare organizations developing a technical standard for verifying vaccination and other clinical information.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mishra|first1=Manas|last2=Khandekar|first2=Amruta|date=January 14, 2021|title=Microsoft, Cigna form coalition for digital records of COVID-19 vaccination|work=[[Reuters]]|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN29J1OH|access-date=March 22, 2021|archive-date=February 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226182602/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN29J1OH|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Reader|first1=Ruth|date=January 14, 2021|title=Tech giants want to help you prove you've been vaccinated for COVID-19|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90594097/how-to-prove-you-have-received-covid-19-vaccinaton|journal=[[Fast Company]]|access-date=March 22, 2021|archive-date=March 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302211144/https://www.fastcompany.com/90594097/how-to-prove-you-have-received-covid-19-vaccinaton|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Corporate governance==

===Leadership===
Clair William Halligan, an electrical engineer, served as MITRE's first [[President (corporate title)|president]] until 1966, when he became chairman of the company's executive committee. He retired in 1968. [[John L. McLucas]] succeeded Halligan as president.<ref name="Leavitt"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Clair Halligan, 72, Dew Line Engineer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/05/04/archives/clair-halligan-72-dew-line-engineer.html |accessdate=October 8, 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=May 4, 1975 |archive-date=May 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520172145/https://www.nytimes.com/1975/05/04/archives/clair-halligan-72-dew-line-engineer.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Robert Everett (computer scientist)|Robert Everett]] served as president from 1969 to 1986.<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Everett |url=https://computerhistory.org/profile/robert-everett/ |publisher=[[Computer History Museum]] |accessdate=October 8, 2020 |archive-date=May 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520172145/https://computerhistory.org/profile/robert-everett/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Subsequent holders of the president and [[chief executive officer]] (CEO) role included Charles S. Zraket (1986–1990),<ref name="Sugawara"/><ref>{{cite book |title=Memorial Tributes: Volume 10: Charles A. Zraket |url=https://www.nap.edu/read/10403/chapter/50#278 |accessdate=October 8, 2020 |first1=Gerald P. |last1=Dinneen |first2=Robert R. |last2=Everett |year=2002 |publisher=[[National Academies Press]] ([[National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine]]) |doi=10.17226/10403 |isbn=978-0-309-08457-4 |archive-date=October 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029013815/https://www.nap.edu/read/10403/chapter/50#278 |url-status=live }}</ref> Barry Horowitz (1990–1996),<ref name="Day"/> Victor A. DeMarines (1996–2000),<ref>{{cite web |title=Schedule 14A: Verint Systems Inc. |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166388/000095012310112658/c09332def14a.htm |date=December 10, 2010 |publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] |accessdate=October 13, 2020 |archive-date=May 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520172146/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166388/000095012310112658/c09332def14a.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Martin C. Faga]] (2000–2006),<ref>{{cite web |title=Martin C. Faga |url=https://www.gps.gov/governance/advisory/members/faga/ |publisher=[[United States Air Force]] |accessdate=October 13, 2020 |archive-date=January 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127103218/https://www.gps.gov/governance/advisory/members/faga/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Alfred Grasso (2006–2017),<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ritchey |first1=Diane |title=Working in the Public Interest |journal=Security |date=October 1, 2016 |url=https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/87454-working-in-the-public-interest |accessdate=October 13, 2020 |archive-date=October 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024234112/https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/87454-working-in-the-public-interest |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Form 8-K: NetScout Systems, Inc. |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078075/000119312518131605/d565245d8k.htm |date=April 23, 2018 |accessdate=October 13, 2020 |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |archive-date=May 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520172145/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078075/000119312518131605/d565245d8k.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Jason Providakes]] (2017–2024).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dawson |first1=Chris |title=Alumni profile: Jason Providakes, Ph.D. '85 |url=https://www.engineering.cornell.edu/alumni-profile-jason-providakes-phd-85 |publisher=[[Cornell University College of Engineering]] |accessdate=October 13, 2020 |archive-date=February 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223143734/https://www.engineering.cornell.edu/alumni-profile-jason-providakes-phd-85 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=In the spotlight: Jason Providakes: President and CEO, Mitre Corp. |journal=Washington Business Journal |date=April 28, 2017 |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2017/04/28/in-the-spotlight-jason-providakes.html |accessdate=October 13, 2020 |publisher=[[American City Business Journals]] |archive-date=September 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901082227/https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2017/04/28/in-the-spotlight-jason-providakes.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Mark Peters became the current president and CEO in 2024.<ref name=currentceo>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-27 |title=Mitre hires Battelle vet as chief executive |url=https://www.washingtontechnology.com/companies/2024/06/mitre-hires-battelle-vet-chief-executive/397713/ |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=Washington Technology |language=en}}</ref> 

Jay Schnitzer serves as [[chief technology officer]] and [[chief medical officer]]. He is leading a national effort to combat COVID-19 on behalf of MITRE and 50 partner companies, [[health care provider]]s, and researchers, as of March 2020.<ref name="Cordell">{{cite journal |last1=Cordell |first1=Carten |title=Mitre exec discusses 'national private sector effort' to track and stop the coronavirus |journal=Washington Business Journal |date=Mar 24, 2020 |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2020/03/24/mitre-exec-helms-national-private-sector-effort-to.html |accessdate=October 7, 2020 |archive-date=August 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814093508/https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2020/03/24/mitre-exec-helms-national-private-sector-effort-to.html |url-status=live }}</ref> MITRE named Charles Clancy its first chief futurist in 2020 and restructured to create MITRE Labs.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Degges |first1=Ireland |title=MITRE Announces MITRE Labs, Changes to Leadership |url=https://washingtonexec.com/2020/07/mitre-announces-mitre-labs-changes-to-leadership/#.X_9RFi2ZN-V |website=WashingtonExec |access-date=January 13, 2021 |date=July 21, 2020 |archive-date=March 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301125525/https://washingtonexec.com/2020/07/mitre-announces-mitre-labs-changes-to-leadership/#.X_9RFi2ZN-V |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=People on the Move: Charles Clancy |journal=Washington Business Journal |date=August 24, 2020 |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/potmsearch/detail/submission/6486921/Charles_Clancy |access-date=January 13, 2021 |archive-date=February 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219004146/https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/potmsearch/detail/submission/6486921/Charles_Clancy |url-status=live }}</ref>

Current trustees include [[Rodney E. Slater]] (chairman), [[Susan M. Gordon|Sue Gordon]] (vice chair),<ref>{{cite news |last=Edwards |first=Jane |date=2023-10-27 |title=Rodney Slater, Sue Gordon Take Leadership Roles at Mitre Board of Trustees |url=https://www.govconwire.com/2023/10/rodney-slater-sue-gordon-take-leadership-roles-at-mitre-board-of-trustees// |work=GovConWire |location=Tysons Corner, Va. |access-date=2023-10-31 |archive-date=2023-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109174824/https://www.govconwire.com/2023/10/rodney-slater-sue-gordon-take-leadership-roles-at-mitre-board-of-trustees/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Lance Collins (engineer)|Lance Collins]], Maury W. Bradsher, Yvette Meléndez, [[George Halvorson]], [[Paul G. Kaminski]], Adalio T. Sanchez, [[Cathy Minehan]], [[John H. Noseworthy]], and [[Jan E. Tighe]].

== Partnerships ==
The [[Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology]], [[American Society of Clinical Oncology]], and MITRE partnered on the 'mCODE Initiative' to recommend data standards for cancer patients' [[electronic health record]]s.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Anderson|first1=Brian|last2=Quina|first2=Andre|last3=Schnitzer|first3=Jay|date=August 2019|title=Smarter, Accessible Data Means Learning from Every Patient|url=https://www.thejournalofprecisionmedicine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/jpm319-mCODE.pdf|journal=Journal of Precision Medicine|volume=5|issue=3|accessdate=October 27, 2020|archive-date=July 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713085301/https://www.thejournalofprecisionmedicine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/jpm319-mCODE.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Bertagnolli|first1=Monica M|last2=Anderson|first2=Brian|last3=Quina|first3=Andre|last4=Piantadosi|first4=Steven|date=June 2020|title=The electronic health record as a clinical trials tool: Opportunities and challenges|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32266833/|journal=[[Clinical Trials (journal)|Clinical Trials]]|volume=17|issue=3|pages=237–242|doi=10.1177/1740774520913819|pmid=32266833|s2cid=215405312|accessdate=October 27, 2020|archive-date=May 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520172145/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32266833/|url-status=live}}</ref> MITRE supports the Homeland Security Experts Group, which has been described as "an independent, nonpartisan group of homeland security and counterterrorism experts that educates the public and government leaders, including the secretary of homeland security".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Stone|first1=Adam|date=January 12, 2020|title=MITRE Partners with Homeland Security Experts Group|url=https://washingtonexec.com/2020/01/mitre-partners-with-homeland-security-experts-group/#.X5ibjy2ZOu7|website=WashingtonExec|accessdate=October 27, 2020|archive-date=October 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020035312/https://washingtonexec.com/2020/01/mitre-partners-with-homeland-security-experts-group/#.X5ibjy2ZOu7|url-status=live}}</ref>

MITRE became a founding member of the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center, a cybersecurity project for the space industry, in 2019.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Holmes|first1=Mark|date=August 27, 2019|title=MITRE Joins Space ISAC Cybersecurity Initiative|work=Satellite Today|url=https://www.satellitetoday.com/business/2019/08/27/mitre-joins-space-isac-cybersecurity-initiative/|accessdate=October 29, 2020|archive-date=August 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808185724/https://www.satellitetoday.com/business/2019/08/27/mitre-joins-space-isac-cybersecurity-initiative/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Erwin">{{cite news|last1=Erwin|first1=Sandra|date=January 23, 2020|title=Space industry group focused on cybersecurity to begin operations in spring 2020|work=[[SpaceNews]]|url=https://spacenews.com/space-industry-group-focused-on-cybersecurity-to-begin-operations-in-spring-2020/|accessdate=October 30, 2020|archive-date=February 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219004137/https://spacenews.com/space-industry-group-focused-on-cybersecurity-to-begin-operations-in-spring-2020/|url-status=live}}</ref> MITRE and partners such as [[Harvard Innovation Labs]] and [[MassChallenge]] launched Bridging Innovation in 2020 to connect government agencies and [[Startup company|startup companies]].<ref name="Walrath">{{cite web|last1=Walrath|first1=Rowan|title=Meet MITRE, the Nonprofit Bridging Startups and Government|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/inno/stories/news/2020/01/23/meet-mitre-the-nonprofit-bridging-startups-and.html|website=[[BostInno]]|accessdate=October 27, 2020|archive-date=February 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219004147/https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/inno/stories/news/2020/01/23/meet-mitre-the-nonprofit-bridging-startups-and.html|url-status=live}}</ref> MITRE is a member of the COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition, which is co-chaired by Jay Schnitzer. In June 2020, the coalition launched the COVID-19 Decision Support Dashboard, which uses public data to assess transmission trends and display color-coded indicators based on performance by jurisdiction.<ref>{{cite news|date=June 2, 2020|title=COVID dashboard helps state and local leaders plan for reopening|work=GCN|url=https://gcn.com/articles/2020/06/02/covid-reopening-dashboard.aspx|accessdate=October 30, 2020|archive-date=December 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202165423/https://gcn.com/articles/2020/06/02/covid-reopening-dashboard.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> MITRE is also part of the Fight Is In Us coalition, a collaborative effort between advocates, companies, and government officials to promote plasma donation for patient treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Thomas|first1=Katie|last2=Weiland|first2=Noah|date=April 17, 2021|title=The Covid-19 Plasma Boom Is Over. What Did We Learn From It?|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/17/health/covid-convalescent-plasma.html?referringSource=articleShare|access-date=April 21, 2021|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419155101/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/17/health/covid-convalescent-plasma.html?referringSource=articleShare|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Challenges ===
MITRE's Countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems Challenge in 2016 invited applicants to "demonstrate systems that detect and stop drones weighing less than five pounds that present a safety or security risk".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Carey|first1=Bill|date=September 14, 2016|title=Mitre Names Winners of Counter-Drone System Challenge|url=https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aerospace/2016-09-14/mitre-names-winners-counter-drone-system-challenge|publisher=[[Aviation International News]]|accessdate=November 1, 2020|archive-date=May 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520172206/https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aerospace/2016-09-14/mitre-names-winners-counter-drone-system-challenge|url-status=live}}</ref> The company's Unique Identification of Internet of Things (IoT) Devices Challenge tasked applicants with improving security for connected devices.<ref name="Osborne">{{cite news|last1=Osborne|first1=Charlie|date=October 11, 2016|title=MITRE will give you $50,000 to 'fingerprint' rogue, dangerous IoT devices|work=[[ZDNet]]|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/mitre-will-give-you-50000-for-fingerprinting-rogue-dangerous-iot-devices/|accessdate=November 1, 2020|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108164512/http://www.zdnet.com/article/mitre-will-give-you-50000-for-fingerprinting-rogue-dangerous-iot-devices/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2020, MITRE participated in the [[National Institute of Standards and Technology]]'s Too Close for Too Long Challenge to "help evaluate and potentially improve upon that baseline Bluetooth performance for helping detect when smartphone users are standing too close to one another".<ref name="Hsu">{{cite news|last1=Hsu|first1=Jeremy|date=September 8, 2020|title=Can AI Make Bluetooth Contact Tracing Better?|work=[[IEEE Spectrum]]|publisher=[[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]]|url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-bluetooth-contact-tracing|access-date=October 26, 2020|archive-date=September 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923234400/https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/artificial-intelligence/machine-learning/ai-bluetooth-contact-tracing|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Locations ==
In addition to the headquarter campuses in Bedford and McLean, MITRE has more than 60 other locations throughout the United States and around the world.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Terry|first1=Robert J.|date=January 26, 2018|title=Mitre plots massive expansion of Tysons campus|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2018/01/26/mitre-plots-massive-expansion-of-tysons-campus.html|journal=Washington Business Journal|access-date=December 1, 2020|quote=In its 2016 annual report, Mitre reported $1.5 billion in revenue, a 4 percent increase from the year before, and a global staff of 8,205 in 60 sites.|archive-date=October 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029203530/https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2018/01/26/mitre-plots-massive-expansion-of-tysons-campus.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In New Jersey, two offices house approximately 60 employees, as of September 2020.<ref name="NJ">{{cite news|date=September 20, 2020|title=N.J. Top Workplaces: Ranking reveals the 40 employers who took home top honors|work=[[NJ.com]]|publisher=[[Advance Publications]]|url=https://www.nj.com/business/2020/09/nj-top-workplaces-ranking-reveals-the-40-employers-who-took-home-top-honors.html|accessdate=October 27, 2020|archive-date=October 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028060125/https://www.nj.com/business/2020/09/nj-top-workplaces-ranking-reveals-the-40-employers-who-took-home-top-honors.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Up to 70 percent of employees may continue working remotely, even after restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic have been lifted.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Howe|first1=Jeff|date=April 2021|title=Telecommuting will make Boston share the wealth|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|url=https://apps.bostonglobe.com/ideas/graphics/2021/04/the-future-of-work/articles/telecommuting-will-make-boston-share-wealth/|access-date=April 20, 2021|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419180834/https://apps.bostonglobe.com/ideas/graphics/2021/04/the-future-of-work/articles/telecommuting-will-make-boston-share-wealth/|url-status=live}}</ref>

MITRE's [[data center]] in Bedford, originally built during the 1980s and known as the High Performance Computing Center since 2015, was retrofitted with a refrigerant-based cooling system, resulting in lower operating costs and a higher compute capacity.<ref name="Harvey2"/><ref>{{cite journal|title=A Lesson in Physics and Engineering for Data Center Efficiency|url=https://www.informationweek.com/data-centers/a-lesson-in-physics-and-engineering-for-data-center-efficiency-/v/d-id/1329270|journal=[[InformationWeek]]|accessdate=October 27, 2020|archive-date=October 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026225548/https://www.informationweek.com/data-centers/a-lesson-in-physics-and-engineering-for-data-center-efficiency-/v/d-id/1329270|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2023, a large underground marine equipment testing tank opened on the Bedford campus.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/10/20/business/bluetech-economy/ |title=How a big underground tank in Bedford could help boost state's 'bluetech' economy |website=[[The Boston Globe]] |access-date=2023-10-21 |archive-date=2023-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022105139/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/10/20/business/bluetech-economy/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The company's McLean campus houses the Integrated Demonstration and Experimentation for Aeronautics (IDEA) Lab,<ref name="Kelvey2"/> as well as the Mobile Autonomous Systems Experimentation lab, which focuses on [[self-driving car]]s.<ref name="Mintz">{{cite news|last1=Mintz|first1=Sam|date=January 24, 2020|title=Trucking industry to Congress: Don't use us to pay for surface bill|work=[[Politico]]|url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-transportation/2020/01/24/trucking-industry-to-congress-dont-use-us-to-pay-for-surface-bill-784620|accessdate=October 31, 2020|archive-date=October 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018011349/https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-transportation/2020/01/24/trucking-industry-to-congress-dont-use-us-to-pay-for-surface-bill-784620|url-status=live}}</ref> MITRE's laboratory in [[Singapore]], called Mitre Asia Pacific Singapore (MAPS) assesses and displays "various safety and air traffic concepts in preparation for the future".<ref name="Lynch2"/>

==Recognition==
In June 2008, MITRE was presented with the [[Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service]] for "significant contributions in communications, command and control decision-making, intelligence, cyberspace, and warfighter field support, as well as research and development".<ref name="secdef2">{{cite news|date=2008-07-12|title=MITRE Presented with Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service|work=bnet|publisher=Business Wire|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_June_12/ai_n26671431/|accessdate=2009-04-15}}</ref> 

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