CAASD’s Vanessa Fong Delivers on the FFRDC Promise to Do the Right Work and the Work Right
May 17, 2010
Vanessa Fong has grown professionally and technically with MITRE, having worked here for more than 30 years, in three centers, in two different careers. When she first joined the corporation, she applied her chemistry background in the environmental and energy mission areas. She then pursued a master’s in computer science, which led her to the artificial intelligence area, before joining the Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (CAASD), working on expert systems prototyping.
A Fast-Track Task Force Moves NextGen Forward
May 17, 2010
Just as the safe flight of an aircraft requires the combined effort of the flight crew and air traffic controllers, the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) plan to modernize the National Airspace System requires the combined efforts of the government, airspace users, and the aviation industry. Now, thanks to recommendations from a highly effective volunteer task force, the Federal Aviation Administration is continuing to move ahead with NextGen's development. The long-term benefits of the task force's work will include improved safety in the air and at airports, better use of existing capacity, greater design flexibility, and reduced environmental impacts.
Debby Kirkman's Contributions to NextGen
February 4, 2010
When Debby Kirkman first came to MITRE in 1984, she was looking for a challenging work environment in a family-friendly company. More than two decades later she's still here and feeling satisfied with her role supporting the Federal Aviation Administration's efforts to implement the Next Generation Air Transportation System, a large-scale multi-year program also called NextGen.
MITRE's Collaborative Experimentation Environment: Putting Cooperation to the Test
January 29, 2010
With more than 7,400 computer users spread across dozens of offices around the world, and two million e-mail messages processed each day, MITRE's information technology infrastructure is complex and continually evolving. Also evolving are the best practices and state-of-the art technologies that keep our network safe from malicious code, viruses, and hackers. To investigate and enhance cyber defenses for our company and for our sponsors, MITRE has launched a corporate initiative, the Cyber Security Operations Center (CSOC). In addition to providing support for MITRE's operational environment, the CSOC is exploring innovative solutions to counter increasingly sophisticated forms of cyber attack, also known as the Advanced Cyber Threat (ACT).
Equivalent Visual Operations: More Than Meets the Eye
January 27, 2010
SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration is sponsoring research that will help reduce airline congestion and delays, especially during bad weather. Equivalent Visual Operations (EVO) is a collection of new air traffic management technologies and procedures that will allow pilots and controllers to operate as efficiently in poor weather conditions as they can in favorable ones.
MITRE's Cyber Security Operations Helps Sponsors Keep Networks Secure
January 14, 2010
With more than 7,400 computer users spread across dozens of offices around the world, and two million e-mail messages processed each day, MITRE's information technology infrastructure is complex and continually evolving. Also evolving are the best practices and state-of-the art technologies that keep our network safe from malicious code, viruses, and hackers. To investigate and enhance cyber defenses for our company and for our sponsors, MITRE has launched a corporate initiative, the Cyber Security Operations Center (CSOC). In addition to providing support for MITRE's operational environment, the CSOC is exploring innovative solutions to counter increasingly sophisticated forms of cyber attack, also known as the Advanced Cyber Threat (ACT).
MITRE Engineers Honored for Achievements in Airborne Traffic Avoidance
December 7, 2009
MITRE Corporation engineers Chris Moody, Doyle Peed, Robert Strain, and Dr. Warren Wilson have received the 2009 Dr. John C. Ruth Digital Avionics Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the world's largest technical society dedicated to the global aerospace profession. The award, formerly known as the Digital Avionics Award, recognizes outstanding achievement in technical management and/or implementation of digital avionics in space or aeronautical systems to include system analysis, design, development or application.
Modeling a "Green" Effort
December 4, 2009
Over the past year Gene Lin has focused on developing models to find methods for reducing the environmental impact of air travel. Lin, a modeling and simulation engineer at MITRE's Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (CAASD) in McLean, Va., is the primary researcher and project leader of an exploratory research project called Green Airspace Design.
Green Air Space Design: Reducing Fuel Burn
October 26, 2009
Could making small adjustments at the beginning and end of aircrafts' flight paths add up to big benefits to the environment? That's what MITRE's Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (CAASD) is trying to find out through a new internally funded research effort called Green Airspace Design. The project studies how flight paths can—and cannot—be adjusted in terminal areas to minimize fuel consumption.
Putting Signal Processing to Work in the National Airspace
September 4, 2009
Rob Strain was studying computer and electrical engineering at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., when he first heard about MITRE in 1989. As a leader of the Young Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA), he arranged for student AFCEA members to meet with MITRE's signal processing group to visit its labs and learn about its work. "It was inspirational," he says. "I was impressed by the technology research, people, and the work MITRE was doing for the public good."
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