MITRE’s Center for Technology & National Security (CTNS), created to enhance MITRE’s engagement with senior government leadership, today named five highly esteemed national security officials that will be joining the newly established advisory board.
The new advisory board members will aim to collaboratively help guide the CTNS efforts to provide the United States military and intelligence leaders with data-driven research, analysis, and insights to help them navigate the rapidly evolving technology landscape.
Bill LaPlante, senior vice president for the MITRE National Security Sector explained what the new advisory board meant by saying: “CTNS builds on the experience and expertise of thousands of our nation’s most respected scientific and engineering minds. MITRE has provided trusted national security solutions for more than 60 years. CTNS gives us another way to apply our unique, unbiased vantage point and technical skills to support defence and intelligence communities with bold, innovative solutions as they face adversaries and environments that are more challenging than ever.”
The Virginia and Massachusetts based non-profit organisations achievements are built on a foundation of attributes that include being mission-driven, having an innovative approach, having objective insight, providing a unique vantage point, applying technical know-how, and pioneering into the future collaboratively with other businesses.
CTNS brings together experts and leading authorities from government, academia, industry, media, and policy institutes to inform discussion about the impact of emerging technologies on national security and the future of warfare.
MITRE has several federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) that operate in aviation, civil agency modernisation, cybersecurity, defence and intelligence, healthcare, homeland security, and U.S. courts.
MITRE has public-private partnerships along with government-funded R&D centers that they work with to help them with their mission to solve challenges around the safety, stability, and well-being of people in the United States.
The companies research and publications have addressed using deception to protect military networks from cyberattacks, slowing China’s 5G market expansion while accelerating U.S. efforts, and developing a new battle command architecture to address multi-domain operations.
The newly appointed advisory board brings decades of experience from relevant backgrounds and previous board experience within the military and technology sectors from industry titans such as BAE Systems, Blackberry, Mercury Systems, Rolls Royce, and Telemus Group to name a few.
Between the five board members, they have handled budgets of over $730bn across verticals including national security, space and cyberspace, future of warfare, and military and dual-use technologies.
The new advisory board members include:
- General (Ret.) John Campbell, former vice chief of staff of the U.S. Army
- Lisa Disbrow, former undersecretary of the U.S. Air Force
- Admiral (Ret.) Bill Gortney, former commander, U.S. Northern Command
- Vice Admiral (Ret.) Bob Murrett, former director, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- Bob Work, former deputy secretary of defence
James Swartout, the center’s executive director expressed his excitement about the new advisory board by saying: “We’re looking forward to collaborating with this exceptional group of leaders. We created the Center for Technology and National Security to enhance our engagement with our nation’s defence and security ecosystem, connecting it to the breadth and depth of MITRE’s thought leadership and technical capabilities. We want CTNS to amplify systems-thinking solutions from across MITRE. It will advance recommendations to stay ahead of our adversaries and deliver on our mission: solving problems for a safer world.”
