Awards, Honors, and Accomplishments
Over the years, MITRE has received awards for corporate achievements as well as for achievements of its scientists, researchers, and engineers. A sampling includes
- In 2009, MITRE’s Center for Advanced Aviation System Development's (CAASD) Universal Access Transceiver (UAT) Technology Design Team received the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA’s) 2008 Excellence in Aviation Research Award for research contributions that have improved the safety and efficiency of the national airspace system.
- 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."
- 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."
- MITRE was included on annual lists of several magazines
- Fortune included MITRE in its "100 Best Companies to Work For in 2011" for the tenth consecutive year
- Computerworld included MITRE in its "100 Best Places to Work in IT 2010" list, for the sixth consecutive year.
- Aviation Week ranked MITRE among the top 43 companies for aerospace and defense professionals in its 2009 Workforce Study
- FastCompany ranked MITRE 30th in its 2010 list of the “World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies” and number 1 in the Defense industry.
- Robert R. Everett was named winner of the 2008 Eugene G. Fubini Award.
- Andrew Zeitlin received the 2008 John C. Ruth Digital Avionics Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
- Dr. Dorothea (Dolly) Greenwood received the 2007 Heroine in Technology Award from Women in Technology International.
- Dr. Joseph Mitola III received the 2006 Medal for Exceptional Public Service from the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
MITRE employees have created 46 technologies available for licensing, generated 28 packages of downloadable software, and been granted 87 US patents.
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