A 3D-SLAM Dunk in Urban Situation Analysis

June 2008

Soldiers will someday use 3D-Simultaneous Localization and Mapping to build a 3D real-time video of an unknown environment before entering it. Used for urban situation analysis, 3D-SLAM uses video sensors on unmanned ground vehicles and hovering unmanned aerial vehicles, along with visual odometry, to improve the safety of our soldiers.

Helping Organizations Manage Transformations

May 2008

Change can be daunting for organizations as well as people. MITRE researchers are smoothing the pathways to organizational change by developing models to help government agencies, businesses, and other large groups predict how people will react to major transformations.

Unknown Inside: MITRE's Insights into the Human Brain

May 2008

Technological advances that allow researchers to "see" into the brain have flooded the field of neuroscience with a bright new light of understanding. MITRE's Neurotechnology Thrust aims to focus that light on a host of sponsor problems involving intelligent information processing that have resisted solution by conventional approaches.

India Cleared for Take Off

June 2008

To accommodate its expanding domestic aviation market—the second-fastest growing in the world—India has enlisted MITRE to help modernize the country's aviation infrastructure. As a first step, MITRE is studying India's two busiest airports to analyze the country's airport and airspace capacity, as well as helping train India's next generation of air traffic controllers.

UAT Puts UAVs on the Radar

June 2008

MITRE's UAT Beacon Radio is a revolutionary small, low-cost radio beacon under development that allows pilots to detect and avoid UAVs and other aircraft, such as sailplanes, made from composites.

Travel Forecasting Takes Off

March 2008

How can the nation's busiest airports prepare to serve travelers in the future? And what emerging airports might be able to take pressure off the major hubs? A MITRE team has devised a travel forecasting tool that helps aviation authorities foretell future air traffic and handle expected passenger demand.

MITRE History Moments: Command & Control in the Air and Undersea

June 2008

Over the past 50 years, MITRE has made significant contributions to command and control programs in our nation's defense. As the anniversary of our founding nears, we take a look back—and peer forward—at some of these achievements.

Team Achieves Worldwide Consensus on Protecting Spectrum for Testing New Aircraft

May 2008

Radio-frequency spectrum may not be at the top of everyone's list of pressing issues, but its importance cannot be underestimated. So when the World Radiocommunication Conference met last year to debate new rules governing the use of spectrum, MITRE was there.

Nano Lab's Tools Address Government Needs

April 2008

In MITRE's Nanotechnology-Biotechnology Laboratory, the scale of the subject matter may be vanishingly small, but the lab's capacity for experimentation is growing continuously.

Clearing Checkpoints in Transportation Security

May 2008

Since its founding in the aftermath of 9/11, the Transportation Security Agency has partnered with MITRE on a variety of programs. Our work with TSA on sophisticated airport screening initiatives such as Registered Traveler and Secure Flight uses advanced biometric techniques to help keep passengers moving smoothly to their gates.

VETSNET: Repaying a Special Debt

April 2008

MITRE engineers have been working with the Department of Veterans Affairs and private-sector contractors to get more veterans benefits processed and paid through VETSNET. The new program works so well that the number of veterans receiving their monthly payments through VETSNET has increased from some 10,000 a year ago to over 200,000 now.

MITRE Transforms Electronic Health Records

February 2008

The development of electronic health records (EHRs) promises to transform the healthcare industry. Project Laika, a research initiative co-sponsored by MITRE, will help EHR developers create software tools that share information seamlessly across a variety of systems.