Projects

TeraByte InfraRed Delivery (TBIRD)
The laser communications payload has delivered terabytes of data from a satellite to Earth at record-breaking rates that will transform future science missions.
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Laser Communications Relay Demonstration
Optical communications technologies decades in the making at Lincoln Laboratory were transferred to NASA for its first two-way laser relay communications system.
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Balloon-Based Resilient Communications
High-altitude balloons used as beyond-line-of-sight relays would provide communications nodes if satellite communications could not offer coverage in contested environments.
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Advanced ASIC System on Chip for CLASS
A power-efficient application-specific integrated circuit system on chip that performs up to 2 trillion computations per second has potential for use in mobile communication systems.
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Undersea Optical Communications
A system that enables robust, long-distance communications between underwater vehicles exploits laser technology.
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Next-Generation Incident Command System
Emergency agencies around the world are using NICS to coordinate rapid and organized response to disasters.
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Prototype Airborne Contested Environment Communication Relay (PACECR)
A system enables aircraft to replace a satellite communications network.
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Protected Antijam Tactical SATCOM
Satellite communications technologies enable the U.S. military to maintain connectivity in the field.
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Quantum Network Test Bed
Lincoln Laboratory and MIT researchers are creating a shared quantum network test bed that will be used for developing and realistic testing of applications that take advantage of quantum science's potential to enable diverse, advanced communication, sensing, and computing systems.
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