Homeland Protection

A vital mission of the U.S. government is to secure the nation from the many threats it faces. We support this mission by assessing, prototyping, and deploying innovative technology that helps reduce the nation's vulnerability to terrorism, secure transportation systems, and protect critical infrastructure.

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Energy Systems
Homeland Decision Support Systems
Homeland Protection Systems
Homeland Sensors and Analytics

Working closely with the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, and Energy, we design energy solutions for the military and help bolster the U.S. energy infrastructure's resilience against natural and man-made threats.

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In the Media

Helping robots zero in on the objects that matter

Sep 30

MIT News

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Awards

Fifteen Lincoln Laboratory technologies receive R&D 100 Awards

Sep 12

David Langus Rodriguez of Lincoln Laboratory helps three students use development boards.

Laboratory members engage with students across Greater Brockton

Jun 24

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Three project team members test the robot's flexibility in an indoor laboratory setting.

disaster relief

Vine Robots for Collapsed Structure Mapping

These robots can navigate difficult urban disaster terrain to help responders locate and access victims for rescue.

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sensing

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.

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artificial intelligence

Human-AI Performance Incubator

A new collaboration space is empowering researchers to drive innovations in human-AI teaming.

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autonomous systems

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.

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I take pride in helping the nation’s electric grid modernize to incorporate more renewables.

Amelia Servi

Energy Systems Engineer

Homeland Protection

Energy 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.