Air Traffic Control

Since 1971, we have been supporting the Federal Aviation Administration in the development of new technology for air traffic control. We develop systems for aircraft surveillance, weather sensing, collision avoidance, decision support, and air traffic management automation.

Air Traffic Control Systems
Surveillance Systems

The safe and efficient flow of aircraft in today's skies depends on a suite of weather sensing and traffic management technologies. Our group aims to improve air transportation by developing sensors, weather tracking and forecasting systems, and decision support automation that assists pilots and air traffic controllers in routing aircraft out of harm's way and maintaining smooth traffic patterns.

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The Offshore Precipitation Capability tool fuses data to estimate the location and intensity of precipitation that is outside of radar coverage and uses machine learning to depict this estimate as a radar-like image.

Painting a full picture of weather conditions

Jun 14

Ground-based system helps UAVs avoid collisions

Jan 10

The Wide-Area Infrared System for Persistent Surveillance was named one of the R&D 100 Award winners. This interior view of the system shows its lens and the folding mirrors.

Awards

Lincoln Laboratory receives six 2017 R&D 100 Awards

Dec 6

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The LASSOS display screen highlights the laser strike event in live sensor imagery on the left and generates a 3D model of the laser streak in Google Earth, right.

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Laser Aircraft Strike Suppression Optical System

A system that detects laser beams being shone into the sky and alerts police of their source can help protect pilots and aircraft.

ACAS-X alerts pilots to nearby traffic and issues actions to avoid collisions with other aircraft.

collision avoidance

Airborne Collision Avoidance System X

A next generation collision avoidance system will help pilots and unmanned aircraft safely navigate the airspace.

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Small Airport Surveillance Sensor

An affordable radar surveillance system will help tower controllers at small airports monitor traffic even under poor visibility conditions.

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The most exciting part about my work is simply the opportunity to innovate with intelligent and talented people. Being able to come up with clever solutions to hard problems when we put our heads together is extremely thrilling.