[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 156 (Thursday, December 2, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2036-E2037]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 IN RECOGNITION OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS SITE OF THE MITRE CORPORATION 
        UPON 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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                           HON. DOUG LAMBORN

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, December 2, 2010

  Mr. LAMBORN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the MITRE 
Corporation on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary of their 
Colorado Springs site. It is a pleasure and privilege to honor MITRE 
for its dedicated services to the Colorado Springs community and to the 
United States of America.
  The MITRE Corporation was founded in 1958 on the premise that the 
government needed a corporate partner to provide technical expertise in 
systems engineering and integration. MITRE was born out of the Lincoln 
Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Its founding 
principle was to produce quality expertise for the government by 
drawing on the best in both the commercial and public sectors to solve 
the nation's most difficult technical problems. MITRE joined the nation 
and Colorado Springs community to help with the challenges of standing 
up the new North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and 
engineering capabilities for its operations including the Cheyenne 
Mountain complex.
  Over the years, the Colorado Springs site has been a vital part of 
the development and testing of countless critical sensor systems, data 
link systems, and command and control systems. From its development of 
space and missile warning methods in the 1960's to its recent work on 
the integration of Space, Cyber, and Missile Defense capabilities, 
MITRE has spent the last fifty years providing essential services to 
the defense community of the United States.

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  Today, the MITRE Colorado Springs Site consists of 180 engineers, 
scientists, researchers, analysts, and support staff providing a wide 
range of development and engineering expertise to the North American 
Aerospace Defense Command, United States Northern Command, the Air 
Force Space Command, Missile Defense Agency, Electronic Systems Center, 
and Air Force Academy. MITRE has earned an international reputation for 
technical excellence and innovation. Their local employees devote 
themselves to serving the public interest as well as contributing 
community service throughout the Colorado Springs community.
  Madam Speaker, on behalf of the United States Congress, I am proud to 
honor one of America's true corporate leaders, the MITRE Corporation 
and its Colorado Springs site, for their fifty years of service to the 
defense community of Colorado Springs and across the United States. I 
wish everyone at MITRE the best for continued success.

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