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The MITRE Corporation

Not-for-profit FFRDC operator for aviation, space and national security

About The MITRE Corporation

The MITRE Corporation is a not-for-profit organisation that operates federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) for the US government, specialising in systems integration and applied research. It applies systems expertise to advance US security, health, safety and prosperity, and describes its work as acting in the public interest with objective, cost-effective solutions. MITRE has principal locations in Bedford, Massachusetts and McLean, Virginia, and dozens of offices across the country and abroad, including sites in Huntsville, El Segundo, Colorado Springs and at Offutt Air Force Base.

FFRDCs

  • Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (CAASD), which works on the safety, security, capacity and efficiency of global transportation through data-driven analysis and collaborative research
  • National Security Engineering Center, providing independent systems thinking for national security and defence
  • Center for Enterprise Modernization, supporting government effectiveness, financial systems and veterans' benefits
  • Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute
  • Health FFRDC, addressing patient empowerment and health systems
  • National Cybersecurity FFRDC, partnering with government and industry on cyber risks

Aerospace and space

MITRE's aerospace focus area covers space traffic management, information exchange between industry and government for collaborative decision-making in air and space, and support to the Department of Commerce on an architecture and data repository for space traffic coordination. It works with industry on information sharing to identify cyber threats to space systems and on resilience against cyber attacks, and supports US Space Command and the Space Force on command and control, telecommunications, systems acquisition and early warning. Internationally it works through partnerships and consortia on norms, data sharing, standards and coordinated debris management, and on the equitable allocation of orbits. Related work includes cockpit resiliency against data network attacks on aircraft.

Shows

The MITRE Corporation appears in the exhibitor and sponsor lists of Space Meetings Veneto 2027, the AMOS Conference 2027 (sponsor) and the Digital Avionics Systems Conference 2027.

Contact

Principal locations: Bedford, Massachusetts and McLean, Virginia, United States
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McLean, Virginia, United States

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Shows where The MITRE Corporation exhibits or has exhibited

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  • Space Meetings Veneto

    Exhibited in 2026. Next edition 10 to 12 May 2027 · Venice, Italy

    Exhibitor2026 list; 2027 not published yet

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  • Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC)

    Exhibited in 2026. Next edition 12 to 16 September 2027 · Belfast, United Kingdom

    Exhibitor2026 list; 2027 not published yet

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  • AMOS Conference

    Exhibited in 2026. Next edition 14 to 17 September 2027 · Maui, United States

    Kokua sponsor2026 list; 2027 not published yet

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