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an illustration shows a server tower labeled KMS connecting to an antenna, connecting to a satellite, which sends keys out to a variety of military plaftforms pictured (from drones, to submarines, to vehicles).

Secure keys strengthen protected military satellite communications

September 29, 2026

Lincoln Laboratory’s new key-management architecture solves dilemma of how to refresh cryptographic keys securely, quickly, and widely for U.S. forces.

Four satellite dishes and two radomes, each covering satellite communications antennas, are shown on the roof of Lincoln Laboratory among other equipment.

Waveform for protected tactical satellite communication achieves several firsts

July 22, 2026
A scanning reflectarray antenna lights up with its individual reflective elements.

Antenna array could provide protected tactical satellite communications in low Earth orbit

June 2, 2026
A zoomed-in optical image of multiple integrated circuits.
Awards

Lincoln Laboratory technologies win seven R&D 100 Awards for 2025

September 4, 2025
Two people talk at a poster presentation session.

Lincoln Laboratory hosts 14th annual Communications Workshop

August 19, 2024
Engineers inspect LES-1 prior to its 1965 launch. The satellite is positioned atop a Titan III rocket on the launch pad at Cape Kennedy, Florida.

A satellite signals after 45 years of radio silence

June 12, 2024
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
Artist's depiction of LES-9.

Lincoln Laboratory decommissions Lincoln Experimental Satellite-9

May 20, 2020
MIT Lincoln Laboratory personnel Joseph Zurkus, left, and Jacob Huang, right, operate a protected tactical waveform modem and collect data while Ted O’Connel monitors terminal equipment to ensure everything is working properly during flight testing Oct. 5
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Flight testing validates waveform capability

December 29, 2017
Hanscom Air Force Base
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