ITT Exelis has won a multimillion dollar contract to supply South Korea with a new meteorological imager the country will use to forecast, detect and track typhoons. The company will deliver the geostationary weather imager to South Korea under the GEO-KOMPSAT-2A program and is targeting a target launch date of …

Sol Glasner serves as vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of MITRE Corp. and oversees a varied in-house practice emphasizing intellectual property, technology transfer, government procurement, computer law and employment law in his role. He also serves as MITRE’s chief ethics and compliance officer and is the primary liaison to the …

Mitre Corp. has won an award from Computerworld for its role in developing a computational model aimed at helping the Department of Veterans Affairs address homelessness among veterans. The nonprofit organization, which runs federally-funded research and development centers, was among 29 organizations recognized with the Laureate distinction for 2013, Mitre …

Mitre Corp. and the Aerospace Corp. have published a free online guide intended to help federal acquisition officials during all phases of the acquisition process. The Key Questions for Acquisition Success guide is targeted for program managers, chief engineers and contract specialists responsible for forming and managing acquisition programs, Mitre …

Mitre Corp. has started a new training course in global air navigation management aimed at helping aviation professionals implement a worldwide standard for modernizing aviation systems. The five-day course will start in June 2013 at Mitre’s Aviation Institute in McLean, Va. and aim to help create a common understanding on …

  Mitre Corp. engineers Ben King Sr., James Tolbert II and Nickyra Washington each won awards at a global conference in Washington Feb. 7 through 9 focused on global competitiveness in science, technology, engineering and math. King won a career achievement award while Tolbert and Washington won modern-day technology awards …

Former undersecretary of defense for policy Michèle Flournoy is joining the MITRE board of trustees, the company announced December 21. MITRE president and CEO Alfred Grasso said Flournoy’s national security expertise “will benefit MITRE’s work not only in the defense and homeland security areas but across the wide spectrum of agencies we support.” As …

For the last 25 years, Carolyn Brownawell has been with the MITRE Corp.—a not-for-profit organization that manages research and development centers for the government. During her tenure, Brownawell has worn many hats, most recently serving as executive director of human resources.   In an in-depth interview with ExecutiveBiz, Brownawell discusses …

MITRE Corp. has agreed to continue providing technical support to the Airports Authority of India. MITRE said the two sides, which have been working together since 2006, formalized the partnership in Montreal last week. “This important partnership has enabled us to collaborate with AAI in addressing critical aviation issues and …

Finance veteran Mark Kontos wears many hats at the MITRE Corp., a not-for-profit company that operates federally funded research and development centers for the government. An FFRDC is a unique organization that assists the government with scientific research and analysis, development and acquisition, systems engineering and integration. MITRE operates five …

Glassdoor.com, a job community website, recently named Mitre Corp. the “Best Employer for Work-Life Balance,” according to CityBiz List. Bill Murphy reports the website based its 2012 rankings on a survey of companies with more than 500 employees and 385,000 employees total participated in the survey conducted last year. Some …

Mitre Corp. announced Tuesday it was named to IDG Computerworld’s “100 Best Places to Work in IT” list. The announcement marks the eighth consecutive year the company has appeared on the list, according to the release. This year, the non-for-profit organization ranked 65th overall and 22nd in the medium-sized company …

Mitre Corp. has launched a new research and development laboratory in Bedford, Mass. to develop military and civilian technologies, the company announced Thursday. The nonprofit organization invested $51 million into the new three-story, 105,000 square-foot center as part of a larger $100 million initiative to expand the 103-acre campus in …

Mitre Corp. is hosting an industry seminar at its Annapolis Junction, Md. headquarters, where the Defense Information Systems Agency will meet with vendors to discuss mobile device management. In a Tuesday FedBizOpps post, DISA said it also wants industry to provide best commercial practices for a mobile application store and …

Mitre Corp. employees won awards for leadership in the science, technology, engineering and math fields the week of Feb. 16 in Phladelphia at a competitiveness conference in Philadelphia. at the  Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Global Competitiveness Conference. Mitre announced Tuesday three of its employees were recognized at the 2012 …