Engineering

We create hardware systems that incorporate the Laboratory's advanced technology. The systems we build are used as platforms for testing new concepts, as prototypes for demonstrating new capabilities, and as operational systems for addressing military needs.

Control and Autonomous Systems Engineering
Energy Systems
Fabrication Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Optical Engineering
Rapid Prototyping
Structural and Thermal-Fluids Engineering
Systems Engineering

We collaborate with every research area at the Laboratory to create systems that accomplish their objectives in real-world scenarios and in unpredictable surroundings. Our engineers develop complex control and autonomous systems, from concept to realization, for a variety of prototypes.

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An ultrasound technique uses lasers to produce images beneath the skin without making contact. The new laser ultrasound technique was used to produce an image (left) of a human forearm (above), which was also imaged using conventional ultrasound (right).

In the Media

Researchers produce first laser ultrasound images of humans

Jan 6

MIT News

Awards

Ten Lincoln Laboratory technologies earn 2019 R&D 100 Awards

Nov 1

A photo of two scientists inspecting the tess satellite in a cleanroom environment.

TESS team is awarded NASA's Silver Achievement Medal

Sep 5

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space situational awareness

Haystack Ultrawideband Satellite Imaging Radar

Lincoln Laboratory created the world's highest-resolution radar for imaging of space objects in support of space situational awareness.

TESS's cameras, which will monitor planets passing in front of stars, were designed and built by Lincoln Laboratory engineers. Illustration: Chester Beals

space

Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

A new planet hunter will spend the next two years searching for exoplanets, including those that could support life.

A Gulfstream III aircraft is shown with a PACECR communications pod attached.

networking

Prototype Airborne Contested Environment Communication Relay (PACECR)

A system enables aircraft to replace a satellite communications network.

lasers

ILLUMA-T

The ILLUMA-T will enable optical communications on the International Space Station.

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The Laboratory encourages innovation; provides ample amounts of technical resources; and gives an opportunity to learn, solve problems, get involved, and be a part of the solution.