uses see mitre disambiguation . the mitre corporation type not for profit corporation founded 1958 ; 58 years ago 1958 headquarters bedford ma and mclean va united states key people alfred grasso president & ceo revenue us 1.421 billion 1 number of employees 7 613 1 website www.mitre.org the mitre center at mitre s campus in bedford the mitre corporation stylized as mitre is an american not for profit organization based in bedford massachusetts and mclean virginia . it manages federally funded research and development centers ffrdcs supporting the department of defense dod the federal aviation administration faa the internal revenue service irs the department of veterans affairs va the department of homeland security dhs the administrative office of the u.s. courts on behalf of the federal judiciary the centers for medicare and medicaid services cms and the national institute of standards and technology nist . contents 1 history 2 organization 2.1 common vulnerabilities and exposures 2.2 ffrdcs and research program 3 corporate governance 3.1 chief executive officers 3.2 board of trustees 4 awards honors and accomplishments 5 references 6 external links history edit under the leadership of c. w. halligan mitre was formed in 1958 to provide overall direction to the companies and workers involved in the u.s. air force sage project . most of the early employees were transferred to mitre from the lincoln laboratory at the massachusetts institute of technology mit where sage was being developed . 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 . 2 after the sage project ended in the early 1960s the faa selected mitre to develop a similar system to provide automated air traffic control . the result of the project formed the national airspace system nas that is still in use today . to support the nas project and continual operations with the u.s. department of defense at the pentagon mitre opened a second main office in mclean virginia . through the 1960s mitre developed and supported military command control communications and intelligence c3i projects including the airborne warning and control system awacs . mitre also worked on a number of projects with arpa including precursors to the advanced research projects agency network arpanet . since the 1960s mitre has developed or supported most dod early warning and communications projects including the joint tactical information distribution system jtids and the joint surveillance and target attack radar system jstars . during the 1980s the german hacker markus hess used an unsecured mitre tymnet connection as an entry point for intrusions into u.s. department of defense department of energy and nasa computer networks . 3 on july 10 1985 mitre.org was the first . org domain name registered and it remains in use by the company today . 4 on october 1 1990 the faa selected mitre to operate its ffrdc the center for advanced aviation system development caasd . 5 on january 29 1996 mitre divided into two entities the mitre corporation to focus on its ffrdcs for dod and faa ; and a new company named mitretek systems now called noblis to assume non ffrdc work for other u.s. government agencies . 6 in july 1998 the internal revenue service selected mitre to manage its ffrdc the center for enterprise modernization cem . 7 in 2005 a team from mitre competed in the 2005 darpa grand challenge and qualified in 23rd place for the final race . 8 on march 6 2009 the department of homeland security selected mitre to operate the homeland security systems engineering and development institute hs sedi . 9 on december 2 2010 the administrative office of the u.s. courts selected mitre to operate the judiciary engineering and modernization center jemc ffrdc . 10 the centers for medicare & medicaid services selected mitre to operate an ffrdc in october 2012 . 11 on september 24 2014 the national institute of standards and technology nist selected mitre to support the national cybersecurity center of excellence nccoe . 12 organization edit common vulnerabilities and exposures edit since 1999 the mitre corporation functions as editor and primary cna of the common vulnerabilities and exposures cve . cve is now the industry standard for vulnerability and exposure names providing reference points for data exchange so that information security products and services can interoperate with each other . ffrdcs and research program edit mitre is organized as follows 13 the national security engineering center nsec ffrdc is sponsored by the department of defense and focuses on national security issues . 14 the center for advanced aviation system development caasd ffrdc is sponsored by the federal aviation administration and focuses on air traffic management . 15 the center for enterprise modernization cem ffrdc supports enterprise modernization within the internal revenue service and the department of veterans affairs . 16 the homeland security systems engineering and development institute hs sedi ffrdc supports the department of homeland security and its mission partners to safeguard people in the united states against terrorist threats aid the flow of legal commerce and immigration and recover swiftly from natural disasters and other national emergencies . 17 the judiciary engineering and modernization center jemc ffrdc supports the administrative office of the u.s. courts on behalf of the federal judiciary . 18 the cms alliance to modernize healthcare ffrdc is sponsored by the centers for medicare & medicaid services cms . 19 the national cybersecurity ffrdc is sponsored by the national institute of standards and technology nist . internal research and development explores new technologies and ways to apply existing tools and technologies . 20 corporate governance edit chief executive officers edit 1958 1966 c.w. halligan 7 1966 1969 dr. john l. mclucas 1969 1986 robert r. everett 1986 1990 charles a. zraket 21 1990 1996 barry m. horowitz 1996 2000 victor a. demarines 2000 2006 martin c. faga 2006 present alfred grasso board of trustees edit mr. charles s. robb chairman 22 mr. nicholas m. donofrio ms. mich le flournoy general ronald r. fogleman mr. david g. fubini ms. jane f. garvey admiral edmund p. giambastiani jr. mr. alfred grasso dr. john j. hamre ms. elizabeth j. keefer general c. robert kehler dr. donald m. kerr mr. cleve l. killingsworth general montgomery c. meigs dean elizabeth rindskopf parker mr. john p. stenbit mr. robert r. everett honorary member robert t. marsh honorary member dr. jack ruina honorary member awards honors and accomplishments edit over the years mitre has received awards for corporate achievements as well as for achievements of its scientists researchers and engineers . 23 a sampling includes in 2015 forbes magazine named mitre one of america s best employers . 24 in 2013 mitre was named a 2013 cso40 award winner by the international data group s cso magazine . the cso40 awards recognize 40 organizations for security projects and initiatives that demonstrate outstanding business value and thought leadership . 25 in 2011 and 2012 informationweek named mitre to its informationweek 500 an annual ranking of the nation s most innovative users of business technology . 26 in 2011 for the second time mitre s knowledge management successes have earned the corporation a north american most admired knowledge enterprises make award which recognizes organizations for exceptional knowledge management and knowledge sharing practices . 27 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 . 28 in july 2008 mitre was awarded the air force association s theodore von karman award for the most outstanding contribution in the field of engineering and science . 29 in july 2008 mitre s center for advanced aviation system development caasd as part of an ads b team of 26 public and private sector groups was selected for the 2007 collier trophy for its efforts in conceptualizing developing and implementing a fundamental so called cornerstone capability for the future of the national airspace system . mitre has been included on annual lists of several magazines glassdoor.com has named mitre one of the 50 best places to work for five consecutive years ; 30 the boston globe has named mitre to its top places to work list for four years ; 31 fortune included mitre in its 100 best companies to work for for ten consecutive years 32 computerworld included mitre in its 100 best places to work in it list for eight consecutive years . 33 mitre employees have created more than 30 technologies available for licensing generated more than 60 packages of downloadable software and been granted more than 110 us patents . 34 references edit a b 2012 mitre annual report pdf . the mitre corporation . 2013 . retrieved 2013 11 08 . redmond kent c. ; thomas m. smith 2000 . from whirlwind to mitre the r & d story of the sage air defense computer . cambridge massachusetts massachusetts institute of technology . isbn 0 262 18201 7 . stoll clifford 1989 09 26 . the cuckoo s egg tracking a spy through the maze of computer espionage . doubleday . isbn 978 0 385 24946 1 . roy gautam 2009 . icse computer applications for class ix . allied publishers private limited . isbn 81 7764 996 5 . retrieved 2015 03 03 . taft darryl k 1990 10 01 . officials choose ffrdc model for nas work . federal aviation administration officials use federally funded research and development center to develop national airspace system plan . government computer news . retrieved 2013 01 29 . day kathleen 1996 02 23 . the think tank that went out for a spin ; mitre splits in two to answer concerns that it has an 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