Air, Missile, and Maritime Defense Technology
Developing technology for defending the nation from missile threats
We develop and assess integrated systems for defense against missiles and other threats. Our activities include investigating system architectures, developing advanced sensor and decision support systems, making field measurements, and assessing deployed system capabilities.
Air, Missile, and Maritime Defense Technology Groups
Our expertise is in developing radar, electronic warfare, and system-of-systems technologies for future integrated air and missile defense systems. We design highly digitized phased array radars, equipped with advanced signal processing and electronic protection, for the next generation of land, shipboard, and airborne sensors.
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Featured Projects
lidar
Measuring Subsurface Ocean Properties from the Air
A sensor capable of rapidly collecting high-resolution data on ocean temperature, salinity, and sound speed remotely could improve forecasting for defense missions.
radar
KREMS Technology Rearchitecting
A complete rearchitecting of radar backends will enable the missile and space missions on Kwajalein for decades to come.
radar
Wind Turbine Interference–Mitigation Study
A strategy for lessening wind turbines’ effects on the performance of an aircraft measurement system at a naval air station on the Chesapeake Bay could inform future research into interference mitigation for other radar applications.
RF technology
Dual-Use Waveforms for Radar Detection and Wireless Communication
New waveforms enable efficient spectrum sharing between radars sensing moving objects and wireless communications systems transmitting data.
Laboratory Stories
I enjoy the technical challenge of the work we do and the freedom we are given in solving problems.
Dan Hogan
Software Engineer
Air, Missile, and Maritime Defense Technology
Advanced Concepts and Technologies
The Laboratory is a great place to incubate and bring challenging ideas to life alongside others who share similar pursuits.
Peter Asuzu
Electrical Engineer
Air, Missile, and Maritime Defense Technology
Advanced Sensor Systems and Test Beds
With the Laboratory sitting on the boundary of academia and industry, I can observe and participate in various areas of cutting-edge research and see some of that work implemented in the real world.
James Casey
Data Scientist
Air, Missile, and Maritime Defense Technology
Advanced Undersea Systems and Technology
I appreciate having the support of my group leaders, who assign me tasks that let me take the lead and who trust me to make decisions on their behalf.
Julia Kiernan
Group Administrative Assistant
Air, Missile, and Maritime Defense Technology
Advanced Sensor Systems and Test Beds
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Leadership
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Featured Publications
Backdoor poisoning of encrypted traffic classifiers
Nov 28
IEEE Intl. Conf. Data Mining Workshops, ICDMW, 28 Nov. - 1 Dec. 2022.
System analysis for responsible design of modern AI/ML systems
Apr 19
arXiv, April 19, 2022.
Probabilistic coordination of heterogeneous teams from capability temporal logic specifications
Apr 1
IEEE Robot. Autom. Lett., Vol. 7, No. 2, April 2022, pp. 1190-7.
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