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Facebook: MIT Lincoln Laboratory (Official) LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/mit-lincoln-laboratory Twitter: @MITLL 2014 Annual2014 Report MIT Lincoln Laboratory TECHNOLOGY IN SUPPORT OF NATIONAL SECURITY 20ANNUAL REPORT 14 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Space Surveillance Complex, Westford, Massachusetts MIT Lincoln Laboratory Reagan Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY 2014 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 15 Beaver Works Humanitarian Workshop technology development for national security needs. 16 Multifunction Phased Array Radar Principal core competencies are sensors, infor- 18 Airborne Collision Avoidance System X mation extraction (signal processing and embedded 20 Haystack Ultrawideband Satellite Imaging computing), communications, integrated sensing, and Radar Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony decision support. Nearly all of the Lincoln Laboratory 22 Technology Transfer efforts are housed at its campus on Hanscom Air 24 Effective, Efficient R&D Force Base in Massachusetts. 27 Economic Impact 28 R&D 100 Awards MIT Lincoln Laboratory is designated a Department 31 Mission Areas of Defense (DoD) Federally Funded Research and 32 Space Control Development Center (FFRDC) and a DoD Research and 34 Air and Missile Defense Technology Development Laboratory. The Laboratory conducts 36 Communication Systems research and development pertinent to national 38 Cyber Security and Information Sciences security on behalf of the military Services, the Office of 40 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Systems and Technology the Secretary of Defense, the intelligence community, 42 Tactical Systems and other government agencies. Projects undertaken 44 Advanced Technology by Lincoln Laboratory focus on the development and 46 Homeland Protection prototyping of new technologies and capabilities 48 Air Traffic Control to meet government needs that cannot be met as 50 Engineering effectively by the government’s existing in-house or 53 Laboratory Involvement contractor resources. Program activities extend from 54 Technical Education fundamental investigations through design and field 62 Awards and Recognition testing of prototype systems using new technologies. 65 Diversity and Inclusion A strong emphasis is placed on the transition of 69 Educational and Community Outreach systems and technology to the private sector. Lincoln 70 Educational Outreach Laboratory has been in existence for 63 years. On its 75 Robotics Outreach 25th and 50th anniversaries, the Laboratory received 76 Community Giving the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public 79 Laboratory Governance and Organization Service in recognition of its distinguished technical 80 Laboratory Governance and Organization innovation and scientific discoveries. 81 Advisory Board 82 Staff and Laboratory Programs MIT and Lincoln Laboratory Leadership ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES Massachusetts Institute of Technology Israel Soibelman Kevin P. Cohen Assistant to the Director for Strategic Initiatives Assistant Division Head, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Dr. L. Rafael Reif Dr. Israel Soibelman was appointed Assistant Reconnaissance and Tactical Systems President to the Director for Strategic Initiatives. In Dr. Kevin P. Cohen was appointed assistant Dr. Martin A. Schmidt (left) this position, he is responsible for helping to head of the Intelligence, Surveillance, and Provost establish Laboratory-level strategic plans, to Reconnaissance and Tactical Systems Dr. Maria T. Zuber develop external strategic relationships, and to Division. Prior to this appointment, he served Vice President for Research lead strategic initiatives in targeted areas. as the leader of the Advanced Capabilities and Systems Group. Melissa G. Choi Division Head, Homeland Protection and Air Traffic Control Joseph Dolan Dr. Melissa G. Choi was appointed head of the Department Head, Facility Services Homeland Protection and Air Traffic Control Joseph Dolan was named the head of the Division. She is responsible for research, devel- Facility Services Department, with responsi- opment, and technology transfer of systems bility for the operations and maintenance of designed to help safeguard the homeland from the entire Lincoln Laboratory complex. He has terrorist activities and disasters, and to help had 18 years of experience in the department, ensure the safety of the national airspace. including serving as its chief engineer and as the assistant department head. Edward C. Wack Assistant Division Head, Homeland Protection and Air Traffic Robert T-I. Shin Control Director, MIT Lincoln Laboratory Beaver Works Edward C. Wack was named assistant head Dr. Robert T-I. Shin was appointed the Director of the Homeland Protection and Air Traffic of MIT Lincoln Laboratory Beaver Works by MIT Lincoln Laboratory Control Division. Prior to this appointment, the Dean of the MIT School of Engineering he served as the leader of the Bioengineering and the Director of Lincoln Laboratory. He was Dr. Eric D. Evans Systems and Technologies Group. also named a member of the MIT School of Director Engineering Extended Engineering Council. Dr. Marc D. Bernstein (left) Associate Director Justin J. Brooke Mr. C. Scott Anderson (right) Division Head, Air and Missile Defense Technology MIT Lincoln Laboratory Fellow Assistant Director for Operations Dr. Justin J. Brooke was appointed head of the The Fellow position recognizes the Laboratory’s strongest technical Air and Missile Defense Technology Division. talent for their outstanding contributions over many years. He is responsible for the development and assessment of systems for defense against Richard P. Lippmann ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and air Dr. Richard P. Lippmann has made key contribu- vehicles. tions to Lincoln Laboratory’s programs in speech recognition and cyber security. He is an inter- Katherine A. Rink nationally recognized leader in neural networks Assistant Division Head, Air and Missile Defense Technology and pattern classification and has pioneered Dr. Katherine A. Rink was named assistant innovative technology for cyber security. head of the Air and Missile Defense Technology Division. Prior to this appointment, she served He has authored or coauthored more than 100 papers, reports, as the leader of the Advanced Concepts and or books. His article “An Introduction to Computing with Neural Technologies Group. Nets” earned the first IEEE Signal Processing Magazine Best Paper Award and has been cited more than 6000 times. He is a 2011 recipient of an MIT Lincoln Laboratory Technical Excellence Award. 2 2014 Annual Report MIT Lincoln Laboratory 3 Letter from the Director MIT Lincoln Laboratory MISSION: TECHNOLOGY IN SUPPORT OF NATIONAL SECURITY Lincoln Laboratory continues to work on large-scale hardware ■■ A Laboratory-developed three-dimensional ladar, designed and software prototyping projects that incorporate advanced to uncover activity in heavily foliated areas, achieved high VISION STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS technology and new system architectures. To pull in the best collection rates that were made possible by dual Geiger-mode ideas wherever we can find them, we continue to do projects avalanche photodiode arrays. To be the nation’s premier laboratory for developing advanced ■■ Identify new mission areas, based on current and emerging that involve much collaboration inside and outside of the technology and system prototypes for national security national security needs Laboratory. The speed of change for commercial and defense ■■ New network- and transport-layer protocols enabled efficient ■■ To work in the most relevant and difficult technical areas technology is increasing, and the emphasis on rapid devel- transport of data over communications links degraded by ■■ Strengthen and evolve the current Laboratory mission areas opment is spreading to many of our programs. outages caused by mobility or jamming. ■■ To strive for highly effective program execution in all phases ■■ Strengthen the core technology programs To adapt to current and future national security needs, we have ■■ For a new solid-state S-band Air and Missile Defense Radar created programs that cut across division lines; invested in being developed by the Navy, the Laboratory prototyped and VALUES ■■ Increase MIT campus/Lincoln Laboratory collaboration laboratories that can be used in multiple domains; and upgraded tested the radar’s end-to-end ballistic missile defense discrimi- ■■ facilities to promote the fabrication of new, state-of-the-art nation architecture. Technical Excellence: The Laboratory is committed to technical excellence through the people it hires and through its system and ■■ Strengthen technology transfer to acquisition and user devices. The recent reorganization of our Advanced