Mitre in Bedford MA got $500M contract Oct 3 2022

The MITRE Corp., Bedford, Massachusetts, has been awarded a
$486,106,810 cost-reimbursement-option contract for support to the Air
Force from MITRE as the administrator of the National Security
Engineering Center Federally-Funded Research and Development Center.
Work will be performed in Bedford, Massachusetts, McLean, Virginia,
and various locations throughout the continental U.S. and outside the
continental U.S. and is expected to be completed Sept. 30, 2023. This
award was a sole source acquisition. Foreign military sales funds in
the amount of $20,272,479 are being obligated at time of award. Air
Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom Air Force Base,
Massachusetts, is the contracting activity (FA8702-19-C-0001).

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lets do the math - lets says $100K per worker - 10 workers per million
- 500 M - so thats 5,000 workers - or maybe 2,500 scienticians