Homeland Protection Systems

The Homeland Protection Systems Group works with U.S. government agencies and military partners to develop, assess, and rapidly transition advanced systems in support of the Homeland’s strategic interests. The group has deployed novel technology solutions to address security challenges in the national airspace, in urban centers, and at critical infrastructure sites.

We specialize in systems integration, systems analysis, and field testing, especially as related to air security operations. Our mission expertise is applied toward developing innovative approaches to architecture design, algorithm and hardware prototyping, and general problem-solving. Our team of scientists, engineers, and technologists develop and employ cutting-edge techniques in exploratory data analysis, predictive analytics, and systems engineering to produce solutions for complex problems in constrained environments.

An screengrab from the video showing about a dozen robots in a large room (representing humans at a party)

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Private Automated Contact Tracing

An automated, Bluetooth-based system helps perform contact tracing in a private, anonymous way, offering a method to reduce disease spread during a pandemic.

A group of five researchers pose in a field with two UAVs.

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Collaborative-UAS for Hostile Attribution, Surveillance, Emplacement, and Reconnaissance

We are building a toolbox of autonomous functions for unmanned aerial systems to improve UAS missions and alleviate burden on human operators in the field.

Commercial unmanned aerial systems, like the one pictured above, are increasingly flown in urban areas; if used for illicit purposes, they can pose dangers to civilians.

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Urban Counter-UAS Operational Prototype

The prototype is enabling DHS to test technologies that can counter the threats posed by commercial drones.

Two individuals set up a radar and communications system for testing outdoors.

Radar and communications system extends signal range at millimeter-wave frequencies

Apr 22

Awards

MIT Excellence Awards recognize five from Lincoln Laboratory

Jun 9

an illustration of the back of a man's head looking at a computer screen. on the screen is a doctor appearing to video-chat with the man.

COVID-19 exposure simulation technology is transferred to the CDC

Nov 30

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I take a lot of motivation from the fact that people really pay attention to our work at the Laboratory and that our work is used to inform decision makers in many domains.

Jay Stotsky

Systems and Data Analyst

Homeland Protection

Homeland Protection Systems

I’ve been collaborating with my colleagues across the Lab on various facets of how to do responsible machine learning. I really want the Lab to be a leader in the domain.

Virginia Goodwin

Machine Learning and Systems Analyst

Homeland Protection

Homeland Protection Systems

I highly value having the flexibility to work in many domains. Data analysis provides this freedom.

Erica Landreth

Data analyst

Homeland Protection

Homeland Protection Systems

The management here trusts that we can take on any challenge we set our minds to, giving us the leeway to tackle topics that may be outside of our comfort zones.