Principal Accomplishments

  • Lincoln Laboratory delivered a Ka-band “over-the-air” test capability to Camp Parks, California, for use in early on-orbit checkout of the Wideband Global System payload.
  • The Laboratory conducted flight-test campaigns to assess the effectiveness of airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; airborne networking; and network middleware concepts.
  • The Laboratory deployed the Lincoln Adaptable Real-time Information Assurance Test bed (LARIAT) to several government facilities. LARIAT provides a high-fidelity emulation of large-scale networks with up to 1,000’s of hosts and 10,000’s of users to evaluate the effectiveness of information operations tools and techniques.
LARIAT consoleThe Lincoln Adaptable Real-time Information Assurance Test bed (LARIAT) has been deployed to dozens of Government and Contractor facilities. LARIAT provides a high-fidelity emulation of networks with 1000s of hosts and 10,000s of users, allowing evaluation of information operations tools and techniques.

 

  • Lincoln Laboratory delivered a test and evaluation capability to validate design standards for critical Transformational Communications technologies, including protected RF waveforms, IP networking, and lasercom. In collaboration with industry, the test infrastructure was used to verify standards, validate specific implementations, and establish technology readiness.
  • Lincoln Laboratory-produced speaker- and language-recognition algorithms achieved world-leading performance in international evaluations conducted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
  • The Laboratory has demonstrated a system that assesses the security of enterprise networks and automatically recommends changes to eliminate vulnerabilities.
  • Lincoln Laboratory continued a series of operator-in-the-loop evaluations of airborne network nodes and architectures. The Laboratory teamed with industry to compare the impact of different network architectures on mission outcome using pilots in real-time, full-motion flight simulators.
  • Lincoln Laboratory continues to work closely with industry to realize low-profile, low-cost, multiband antennas for use on wide-body and fighter aircraft. These apertures are designed to support the data rates necessary for network operations while having minimal impact on platform performance.
  • A demonstration was completed of an ultra-efficient laser communications link capable of sending 1 megabit per second over 1.6 km with 1 microwatt of transmit power. The receiver can decode 2 bits for each received photon, and the transmitter can control precision pointing of the laser with no moving parts.
  • A programmable digital core consisting of field programmable gate arrays, digital signal processors, and a general-purpose computer was completed and delivered. The digital core is capable of processing a wide spectrum of communications waveforms, ranging from line-of-sight radios to protected satellite communications.

 

 

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