Lincoln Laboratory

Abstract

The Lincoln Laboratory (LL) research line program is an advanced technology research and development effort conducted through a cost reimbursable contract with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The LL Program supports innovative, multi-disciplined research that addresses critical national security problems. The LL Program funds innovations that directly lead to the development of new system concepts, technologies, components and materials in support of DoD missions. Funding is applied to support high-risk, high-payoff research that provides unique and specialized capabilities to the current and emerging needs of the DoD. The LL P534 Program funds ten technology project areas. Of these, there are five core-technology areas: •Advanced Devices •Optical Systems and Technology •Information, Computation and Exploitation •Radio-Frequency (RF) Systems and Technology •Cyber Security In addition, there are four emerging-technology initiatives: •Novel and Engineered Materials •Quantum System Sciences •Biomedical Sciences and Technology •Autonomous Systems In FY 2017, an Integrated Systems initiative has been added. This area focuses on combining novel technologies from Lincoln Laboratory’s research and development efforts (as well as from commercial and academic R&D) with Lincoln Laboratory’s system architecture and system engineering expertise to create breakthrough system-level designs and prototypes. The ten technology areas provide critical capabilities that support all the Department of Defense (DoD) mission areas pursued at the Laboratory. In general, the categories are selected in consultation with ASD(R&E) and with guidance from other DoD agencies to address technology as well as system needs. The new initiatives are chosen to address difficult emerging problems as well as longstanding problems to which new technology advances can be applied. The individual projects in each area are selected with a goal of enhancing DoD capabilities significantly, rather than incrementally. Supporting these and other priority technology and capability areas are work efforts entitled Technical Intelligence: - The Technical Intelligence Program provides global science and technology (S&T) awareness and context in order to assist Defense decision-makers plan for an uncertain future. The program uses intelligence-based and open-source information to characterize today’s global S&T environment, exploiting novel technology watch and horizon scanning (TW/HS) tools to identify nascent and disruptive technologies that will shape tomorrow’s future. The program complements this with tailored technical assessments that identify the military relevance, research opportunities, and policy recommendations for emerging and disruptive technologies.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2018
• Source ID: 0602234D8Z_2_0400_PB_2018
• Change Summary Explanation: In FY 2016, $4.3 million was reprogrammed into the X-Lab project to support Missile Defeat initiatives.
• Service Agency Name: Office of the Secretary Of Defense

Entities

Organizations

• Office of the Secretary of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Advanced Electronics
• Autonomy
• Cyber
• Energy and Power Technologies
• Engineered Resilient Systems
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Sensors
• Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Additive Manufacturing
• Artificial Intelligence
• Autonomous Systems
• Big Data
• Cognitive Science
• Compound Semiconductors
• Control Systems
• Data Analysis
• Detection
• Detectors
• Electronics Industry
• Lasers
• Materials Science
• Neuroimaging
• Quantum Computing
• Semiconductors
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Readers

• Defense Technology Research and Development.
• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

Technology Areas

• Autonomy
• Biotechnology
• Cyber
• Quantum Computing