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 Department of Defense (DoD) missions. Funding supports high-risk, high-payoff research, which provides unique and specialized capabilities for the current and emerging needs of the DoD. The project 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, Science and Engineering There are four emerging-technology initiatives: • Advanced Materials and Processes • Quantum System Sciences • Biomedical Sciences and Technology • Autonomous Systems There is one Integrated Systems technology area, which focuses on combining novel component-level technologies to create system-level technology solutions for important DoD problems. These ten technology areas provide critical capabilities that support all DoD mission areas pursued at the Laboratory. The categories are selected in consultation with the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)), are aligned with DoD Communities of Interest (CoI), and with guidance from other DoD agencies to address technology as well as system needs. The research in these categories adapts to solve emerging DoD problems as well as longstanding problems to which new technology advances can be applied. The individual projects in each area are selected with the goal of enhancing DoD capabilities significantly, rather than incrementally. Supporting these and other priority technology and capability areas are work efforts titled Technical Intelligence: • The Technical Intelligence Program provides global science and technology (S&T) awareness and context in order to assist the DoD 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, 2019
• Source ID: 0602234D8Z_2_0400_PB_2019
• Change Summary Explanation: FY 2019 adjustments include realignment for higher priorities.
• Service Agency Name: Office of the Secretary Of Defense

Entities

Organizations

• Office of the Secretary of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Advanced Electronics
• Autonomy
• C4I
• Cyber
• Engineered Resilient Systems
• Human Systems
• Sensors
• Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Additive Manufacturing
• Advanced Materials
• Aircrafts
• Artificial Intelligence
• Autonomous Systems
• Brain Injuries
• Cognitive Science
• Compound Semiconductors
• Control Systems
• Detectors
• Human-Machine Interaction
• Human-Machine Interfaces
• Lasers
• National Security
• Quantum Computing
• Quantum Information
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Readers

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

Technology Areas

• Autonomy
• Biotechnology
• Cyber
• Quantum Computing