2013 Annual Report MIT Lincoln Laboratory 3 Letter from the Director Lincoln Laboratory Strategic Directions
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ANNUAL REPORT MIT Lincoln Laboratory TECHNOLOGY IN SUPPORT OF NATIONAL SECURITY 2013 Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT Lincoln Laboratory MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY 2013 Table of Contents MISSION 2 Leadership Technology in Support 3 Organizational Changes 4 Letter from the Director of National Security 5 Strategic Directions MIT Lincoln Laboratory employs some of the 7 Technology Innovation 8 Technology Investments nation’s best technical talent to support system and 14 Spotlight: MIT Lincoln Laboratory Beaver technology development for national security needs. Works Center Principal core competencies are sensors, infor- 17 Technology Transfer mation extraction (signal processing and embedded 19 Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite computing), communications, integrated sensing, and 20 Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration decision support. Nearly all of the Lincoln Laboratory 22 Wide-Area Infrared System for 360° Persistent Surveillance efforts are housed at its campus on Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts. 25 Mission Areas 26 Space Control MIT Lincoln Laboratory is designated a Department 28 Air and Missile Defense Technology of Defense (DoD) Federally Funded Research and 30 Communication Systems Development Center (FFRDC) and a DoD Research and 32 Cyber Security and Information Sciences Development Laboratory. The Laboratory conducts 34 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Systems and Technology research and development pertinent to national 36 Tactical Systems security on behalf of the military Services, the Office of 38 Advanced Technology the Secretary of Defense, the intelligence community, 40 Homeland Protection and other government agencies. Projects undertaken 42 Air Traffi c Control by Lincoln Laboratory focus on the development and 44 Engineering prototyping of new technologies and capabilities 47 Laboratory Involvement to meet government needs that cannot be met as 48 Technical Education effectively by the government’s existing in-house or 53 Professional Development contractor resources. Program activities extend from 54 Diversity and Inclusion fundamental investigations through design and field 56 Awards and Recognition testing of prototype systems using new technologies. 59 Economic Impact A strong emphasis is placed on the transition of 61 Educational and Community Outreach systems and technology to the private sector. Lincoln 62 Educational Outreach Laboratory has been in existence for 62 years. On its 67 Robotics Outreach 25th and 50th anniversaries, the Laboratory received 68 Community Giving the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public 71 Laboratory Governance and Organization Service in recognition of its distinguished technical 72 Laboratory Governance and Organization innovation and scientific discoveries. 73 Advisory Board 74 Staff and Laboratory Programs MIT and Lincoln Laboratory Leadership Massachusetts Institute of Technology ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES Dr. L. Rafael Reif President C. Scott Anderson David R. Martinez Assistant Director for Operations Associate Division Head, Cyber Security and Information Sciences Dr. Chris A. Kaiser (left) C. Scott Anderson joined Lincoln Laboratory as David R. Martinez, formerly a principal staff Provost Assistant Director for Operations in July 2013, member in the Communication Systems and Dr. Claude R. Canizares (right) with responsibility for the Laboratory’s operating Cyber Security Division, brings extensive Vice President and capital investment budget, service depart- experience in high-performance embedded ments, and prime research contracts with the computing, enterprise architectures, system government. He has had significant experience applications, and cloud computing to his role in acquisition activities and budget management, having served as associate division head. His prior leadership roles at Lincoln as an acquisition professional and program manager in the Laboratory included leader of the Digital Radar Technology Group U.S. Navy, and most recently as the Director of Integration for and head of the ISR Systems and Technology Division. Acquisition at MITRE’s National Security Engineering Center. Marc A. Zissman New Laboratory Division Associate Division Head, Cyber Security and Information Sciences In January 2013, the Communication Systems and Cyber Security Dr. Marc A. Zissman was named associate head Division was restructured into two divisions. The increasing of the Cyber Security and Information Sciences importance of research and development in cyber security and Divison. Prior to this appointment, he was an information sciences led to the establishment of a division to assistant division head in the Communication focus on these areas. The new division, Cyber Security and Systems and Cyber Security Division, holding Information Sciences, directs the development of cyber systems, responsibility for development and execution of human language technologies, and computing and graph the Laboratory’s strategic plan for growing its cyber security efforts. analytics. The Communication Systems Division remains the His earlier leadership positions were associate leader of the Human Laboratory’s center of excellence in communication technologies. Language Technology Group and leader of the Wideband Tactical Networking Group. MIT Lincoln Laboratory Stephen B. Rejto Division Head, Cyber Security and Information Sciences James Ward Dr. Eric D. Evans Stephen B. Rejto was appointed head of the Assistant Division Head, Communication Systems Director Cyber Security and Information Sciences Dr. James Ward joined the Communication Dr. Marc D. Bernstein (left) Division. Formerly an assistant division head in Systems Division as assistant division head. Associate Director Communication Systems and Cyber Security, Formerly, he was an assistant division head in the he is responsible for programs focused on ISR and Tactical Systems Division, where he led Mr. C. Scott Anderson (right) research and development in cyber technologies programs in advanced sensing, signal processing, Assistant Director—Operations and prototype cyber security systems; advanced cryptography; and data exploitation. He has served as leader of techniques for speech recognition and language identification; and the Advanced Sensor Techniques Group and is a past recipient of technologies for processing large multisourced datasets. the Laboratory’s Technical Excellence Award. MIT Lincoln Laboratory Fellow The Fellow position recognizes the Laboratory’s strongest technical talent for their outstanding contributions over many years. Marilyn M. Wolfson Dr. Marilyn M. Wolfson is a key contributor to Lincoln developed automated short-term storm forecast technology Laboratory’s efforts in air traffic control. She has developed for air traffic management applications. She has published algorithms for the FAA Terminal Doppler Weather Radar more than 70 journal articles, holds five U.S. patents, been and Integrated Terminal Weather System. As the leader awarded a Lincoln Laboratory Technical Excellence Award, of the FAA’s Convective Weather Product Team, she and is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society. 2 2013 Annual Report MIT Lincoln Laboratory 3 Letter from the Director Lincoln Laboratory Strategic Directions Today we define Lincoln Laboratory’s mission as “technology in ■■ A ground mobile terminal capable of connecting to the recently support of national security.” This broad mission evolved from the launched Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satel- The strategic directions below are based on a Laboratory’s original single focus on the creation of a strategic lites was successfully demonstrated. The small-form-factor Director’s Office and senior management update air defense system in the 1950s. Over the years, we have grown modem in this terminal is the first implementation that follows of the Laboratory’s strategic plan and a review of to become a multidisciplinary laboratory providing innovative stringent new security rules. national-level studies, such as the National Defense systems and technologies for a widely diverse set of national Strategy, the Quadrennial Defense Review, and security problems. ■■ The RF Enhanced Digital System on Chip program recent Defense Science Board recommendations. developed a fully integrated system-on-chip design that In 2013, we are continuing to align our efforts to meet the achieves record receiver performance in a very small size, ■■ Identify new mission areas, based on current and evolving challenges identified by the Department of Defense. weight, and power package. emerging national security needs In January, the Laboratory created a Cyber Security and ■■ Strengthen and evolve the current Laboratory Information Sciences Division to address the increasing signifi- ■■ A Laboratory-developed ultrahigh-data-rate multiple-input mission areas cance of cyber situational awareness and information system multiple-output (MIMO) system sets new standards for protection for national security. Analysts in all mission areas non-line-of-sight, low-power communication links and enables ■■ Strengthen the core technology programs are confronting the consequences of “big data,” the enormous efficient data exchange among ground-based intelligence, ■■ volume and variety of sensor data generated at an increasingly surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) systems. Increase MIT campus/Lincoln Laboratory collaboration rapid pace. Our Advanced Technology mission area is directing attention to novel nanotechnology applications, and our