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three photos: left shows an air traffic control radar; middle shows an SEM photo of microelectronic devices; and right shows a close-up of a laser.
Awards

Achievements in air traffic control, microelectronics, and lasers are named IEEE Milestones

February 15, 2024
A laser communications terminal approximately the size of a standard refrigerator sits in a cleanroom.
In the Media

NASA’s space station laser comm terminal achieves first link

December 13, 2023
NASA
A schematic of a laser communications terminal onboard the International Space Station transmitting data over laser signals to a smaller satellite at a higher altitude; this satellite then relays the data to Earth.

ILLUMA-T launches to the International Space Station

November 9, 2023
An up-close of a quantum repeater module mounted on a gold-plated copper assembly and connected to green printed circuit boards, with optical fibers routed up.

Quantum repeaters use defects in diamond to interconnect quantum systems

September 11, 2023
A piece of hardware showing a copper mount with integrated circuit components bonded to it
Awards

Lincoln Laboratory technologies win five R&D World awards

September 7, 2023
A team of eight stands in front of two sensor-equipped vehicles, with mountains in the backdrop.

Field campaign assesses vulnerabilities of 5G networks

July 26, 2023
Three people examine an optical communications payload at Kennedy Space Center.
In the Media

NASA laser communications terminal delivered for Artemis II moon mission

June 13, 2023
NASA
An illustration of data being sent across a laser from a small satellite to a ground station on Earth.

Communications system achieves fastest laser link from space yet

November 8, 2022
This rendering shows a novel piece of hardware, called a smart transceiver, that uses technology known as silicon photonics to dramatically accelerate one of the most memory-intensive steps of running a machine-learning model.
In the Media

Deep learning with light

October 21, 2022
MIT news
The 38-foot-wide radome protecting the Multi-Band Test Terminal — a large antenna on an MIT Lincoln Laboratory building rooftop — is shown illuminated at night.

Antenna enables advanced satellite communications testing

August 29, 2022
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