Lincoln Laboratory

Abstract

The MIT Lincoln Laboratory (MIT LL) research project 534 is an advanced technology research and development effort conducted through a cost reimbursable contract with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The MIT LL project supports innovative, multi-disciplined research that addresses critical national security problems. The LL project 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 nine technology areas. Note: In FY 2019, the tenth technology area, Cyber Security, Science and Engineering, moved to individual project code 815. Of the technology areas, there are four core-technology areas: Advanced Devices; Optical Systems and Technology; Information, Computation and Exploitation Sciences; and Radio-Frequency (RF) Systems and Technologies. There are four emerging-technology initiatives: Advanced Materials and Processes; Quantum System Sciences; Biomedical Sciences and Technology; and 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 nine 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 efforts 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, project 535. The Technical Intelligence project 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. Supporting these and other priority technology and capability areas are work efforts titled Cyber Security, Science and Engineering under project code 815, which began in FY 2019. The Cyber Security, Science and Engineering research project 815 supports innovative research that addresses critical national security problems in cyber. The project funds innovations that directly lead to the development of new system concepts, technologies, and algorithms 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.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2021
• Source ID: 0602234D8Z_2_0400_PB_2021
• Change Summary Explanation: In FY 2021, $6.812 million is realigned from Project Code 535 to PE 0603288D8Z, Project Code 177: Technology Watch/Horizon Scan, in accordance with OUSD(R&E) re-organization. Defense-Wide Review: The FY 2021 funding request was reduced by $5.000 million during DWR to realign funds for higher priority DoD missions.
• Service Agency Name: Office of the Secretary Of Defense

Entities

Organizations

• Office of the Secretary of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Advanced Electronics
• Autonomy
• Biomedical
• Cyber
• Engineered Resilient Systems
• Sensors
• Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Additive Manufacturing
• Advanced Materials
• Artificial Intelligence
• Autonomous Systems
• Cognitive Science
• Command And Control
• Detection
• Lasers
• Machine Learning
• Manufacturing
• Materials
• Materials Science
• National Security
• Quantum Information
• Radio Frequency
• Signal Processing
• Surveillance

Readers

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

Technology Areas

• Autonomy
• Biotechnology
• Cyber
• Quantum Computing