Lincoln Laboratory

Abstract

This program supports the Department's initiative to Build Sustainable and Long-Term Advantage. 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 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. As of FY 2022, the project funds eight technology areas. Of the eight areas, four are core-technology areas, three are emerging-technology initiatives and one Integrated Systems technology area. The four core-technology areas are Advanced Devices; Optical Systems and Technology; Information, Computation and Exploitation Sciences, and Radio-Frequency (RF) Systems and Technologies. The three emerging-technology areas are Advanced Materials and Processes; Quantum System Sciences; and Autonomous Systems. The one Integrated Systems technology area focuses on combining novel component-level technologies to create system-level technology solutions for important DoD problems. These 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 for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)) aligned with the DoD Communities of Interest (CoIs), 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 long-standing 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 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 DoD missions. Funding supports high-risk, high-payoff research, which provides unique and specialized capabilities for the current and emerging needs of the Department.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2024
Source ID
0602234D8Z_2_0400_PB_2024
Change Summary Explanation
The FY 2024 reduction of $0.824 is comprised of a realignment of $1.038 million to support Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Serving Institutions program, which is a priority of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (USD(R&E)), $0.050 million to support departmental priorities and an economic assumption increase of $0.264.
Service Agency Name
Office of the Secretary Of Defense

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of the Secretary of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Autonomy
  • Counter WMD (Alumni COI)
  • Cyber
  • Engineered Resilient Systems (Alumni COI)
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Advanced Materials
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Autonomous Systems
  • Command And Control
  • Human-Machine Systems
  • Lasers
  • Machine Learning
  • Materials
  • National Security
  • Quantum Computing
  • Quantum Information
  • Radio Frequency
  • Signal Processing
  • Signals Intelligence
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unmanned Systems

Readers

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

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Cyber
  • Quantum Computing

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