Noblis
Encyclopedia
Noblis is a nonprofit research corporation headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia
. The firm performs scientific research and engineering with clients in the federal, state, and private sectors. The company's scientists, engineers, and researchers in business areas of health care, national security, transportation, sustainability, energy, environment, and climate, and enterprise transformation. The company, formerly known as Mitretek Systems, was a spin-off from the MITRE Corporation.
Between 1996 and 2006, Mitretek Systems focused on national security threats, chemical and biological warfare
, biometrics, electronic transactions, traffic congestion, patient safety
, environmental sustainability, and renewed energy resources. Mitretek sponsored research projects included: analyzing and implementing technologies to keep information secure on the Internet, communicating voice and data by using Internet Protocol in the event of a national emergency, developing gaming technologies for first responders, and creating sick city scenarios to understand what happens during a naturally occurring, or terrorist-instigated biological event. The organization changed its name to Noblis in 2007.
Some 800 employees work in science, engineering, research, and technology.
The firm's CEOs have been Lydia Thomas (1996-2007) and Amr ElSawy (2007–Present)
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
. The firm performs scientific research and engineering with clients in the federal, state, and private sectors. The company's scientists, engineers, and researchers in business areas of health care, national security, transportation, sustainability, energy, environment, and climate, and enterprise transformation. The company, formerly known as Mitretek Systems, was a spin-off from the MITRE Corporation.
History
In 1996, Mitretek Systems was formed as a nonprofit corporation with a charter to perform research and engineering science and technology as a spin-off from the MITRE Corporation.Between 1996 and 2006, Mitretek Systems focused on national security threats, chemical and biological warfare
Biological warfare
Biological warfare is the use of biological toxins or infectious agents such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi with intent to kill or incapacitate humans, animals or plants as an act of war...
, biometrics, electronic transactions, traffic congestion, patient safety
Patient safety
Patient safety is a new healthcare discipline that emphasizes the reporting, analysis, and prevention of medical error that often leads to adverse healthcare events. The frequency and magnitude of avoidable adverse patient events was not well known until the 1990s, when multiple countries reported...
, environmental sustainability, and renewed energy resources. Mitretek sponsored research projects included: analyzing and implementing technologies to keep information secure on the Internet, communicating voice and data by using Internet Protocol in the event of a national emergency, developing gaming technologies for first responders, and creating sick city scenarios to understand what happens during a naturally occurring, or terrorist-instigated biological event. The organization changed its name to Noblis in 2007.
Organization
Headquartered in Falls Church, VA, Noblis has offices in San Antonio, TX, Washington, DC, Belcamp, MD, and Lexington, MA.Some 800 employees work in science, engineering, research, and technology.
The firm's CEOs have been Lydia Thomas (1996-2007) and Amr ElSawy (2007–Present)