NSEC
Advancing national security and warfighter lethality with rapid technology, speed, agility, and mission expertise
Breaking Barriers in Defense Acquisition
Our Mission
The National Security Engineering Center (NSEC) provides the US and its allies and partners with the ability to anticipate and solve the most consequential national security problems requiring integration across missions, capabilities, organizations, and nations.
Our Impact
NSEC provides impartial and independent systems thinking and technical expertise across defense and intelligence systems—strengthening our nation’s safety and deterrence in a rapidly changing global security environment.
Our Work
Air and Space Forces
- Nuclear Deterrent Modernization
- Space Warfighting
- Rapid Acquisition
- Developing Prototypes for Enhanced Lethality
- Resilient Communications
- Digital Modernization at Scale
DoD and Services
- Countering Chinese Aggression
- Securing the Homeland
- Acquisition in the Digital Age
- Integrated Air and Missile Defense
- Joint Command and Control for Global Operations
- Autonomous Operations
- Strategic Cyber
- Economic Warfare
Intelligence
- Countering Terrorism and Transnational Crime
- Intelligence for Peer Conflict
- Strategic Deterrence and Resilience
- Protecting US Industrial Strength
- Advanced Analytics, Effects, Command and Control
- Nuclear Deterrent Modernization
- Space Warfighting
- Rapid Acquisition
- Developing Prototypes for Enhanced Lethality
- Resilient Communications
- Digital Modernization at Scale
- Countering Chinese Aggression
- Securing the Homeland
- Acquisition in the Digital Age
- Integrated Air and Missile Defense
- Joint Command and Control for Global Operations
- Autonomous Operations
- Strategic Cyber
- Economic Warfare
- Countering Terrorism and Transnational Crime
- Intelligence for Peer Conflict
- Strategic Deterrence and Resilience
- Protecting US Industrial Strength
- Advanced Analytics, Effects, Command and Control
NSEC Leadership
Leadership
Dana (Keoki) Jackson, Sc.D.
Senior Vice President, General Manager, MITRE National Security
Keoki Jackson directs the strategic growth and execution of national security programs, supporting the DoD, DoJ, and the Intelligence Community.
Leadership
Greg K. Crawford, Ph.D.
Vice President, Mission-Driven Integration
MNS Deputy, MITRE National Security Sector
Greg Crawford leads an MNS team harnessing MITRE’s technical expertise, domain knowledge, and advanced research to address sponsor challenges.
Leadership
Marin Halper
Vice President, DoD and Services Center
Marin Halper leads a broad set of organizations and programs driving the delivery of mission-critical concepts to capabilities across the Department of Defense.
Leadership
Katie Schroth
Vice President, Air & Space Forces Center
Katie Schroth directs MITRE teams who support Air and Space Force mission objectives in the skies, space, cyber operations, and nuclear modernization.
Leadership
Austin Wang
Vice President, Intelligence Center
Austin Wang leads our mission-focused efforts to drive joint and multi-agency solutions across the intelligence and national security enterprise.
Contact Us
Connect with the NSEC Team
We've partnered with agencies across the defense and intelligence realms for more than six decades.
Latest News & Insights
News Release
MITRE Survey Highlights Persistent Challenges and Emerging Opportunities in Defense Acquisition
Publication
Barriers in Defense Acquisition
News Release
MITRE’s Breaking Barriers Summit to Craft Roadmap for a Transformative Defense Acquisition Ecosystem
Publication
Strengthening Allied Defense Cooperation
Publication
Industry-Engaged Mission Engineering
Publication
Balancing Switching Costs and Opportunity Costs: Market-Based Architectures for Defense Acquisition
Publication
Antenna Technology Promotes National Security
Impact Story
MITRE at Munich: Driving Technology-Driven Solutions for Euro-Atlantic Security and Stability
Fact Sheet
NATO Force Mix Analysis
Media Coverage
In the Interest of National Security Podcast: Emerging Technology with Jacques Sabrie
Employee Voice
Global Strategist Lisa Bembenick Positions MITRE for Impact with International Partners
Podcast
The China Challenge
Media Coverage
Federal Tech Podcast: An Argument for Enterprise Design
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