Future Outlook

  • Lincoln Laboratory will have a large role in characterizing the capabilities and limitations of the recent initial operational deployment of the BMDS and in helping to develop, refine, and verify tactics, techniques, and procedures to optimize performance. The Laboratory will also be actively engaged in the analysis, development, testing, and implementation of capabilities for the BMDS beyond initial deployment. Areas of particular focus will be system-wide tracking and discrimination, system-level testing, and advanced counter-countermeasures techniques.
  • The Laboratory will be working with MDA, NORTHCOM/NORAD, and STRATCOM to define architectures for the defense of the U.S. homeland against asymmetric attacks by cruise missiles or short-range ballistic missiles launched from ships off the U.S. coast. An initial prototyping effort is being examined in the National Capital Region as an extension of the Enhanced Regional Situation Awareness system currently in place to provide a defensive capability against such threats.
  • The Laboratory will support the development and integration of advanced technologies into the Surface Navy, with emphasis on a new S-band radar and electronic countermeasures for ship self-defense. Several key technologies, including wideband digital beamforming, are being developed for the next-generation S-band solid-state radar for the CG(X) cruiser. The Laboratory will also begin working on enhancements to an active decoy system to defend ships against future missile threats.
digital array radar test bedA 16-channel digital array radar test bed is being used to develop the signal processing algorithms and architecture for the Navy's new S-band air and missile defense radar for the CG(X) cruiser.

 

 

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