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More about the Homeland Protection mission

• Accomplishments over the past year

Future Outlook

The Imaging System for Immersive Surveillance provides wide-area video surveillance in support of critical infrastructure protection. A 240-million-pixel sensor provides 360˚ coverage, and software provides multiple users with virtual pan-tilt-zoom interfaces and automated activity detection capabilities.

• Securing and defending U.S. borders motivate the need for an integrated air, land, and maritime architecture. This need will spur advancements in wide-area sensors, such as over-the-horizon radar, as well as in advanced data fusion and decision support tools.  Lincoln Laboratory will apply its strengths in advanced sensors, signal processing, service-oriented architecture, and rapid prototyping to provide these technologies.

• Analysis, development, and testing of advanced chemical and biological defense solutions will continue, with strong contributions in countering chemical threats.

• The Laboratory will provide next-generation biometrics and forensics technologies for theater and homeland security, including different sensing modalities, identification techniques, and fusion algorithms.

• In partnership with local, state, and federal operational communities, the Laboratory will develop and assess technologies and architectures to address critical infrastructure protection and disaster response. Solutions will leverage Laboratory strengths in netcentric architecture, sensors, and decision support.

• Activities with the U.S. Coast Guard will include assessments of sensors, development of decision support architectures, and evaluation of test beds for port security.