MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Lincoln Laboratory's 2025 Impact Report is here! ✨

Discover how we're advancing national security — from pioneering quantum and AI technologies, to biomanufacturing defense materials, to countering drone threats. By transferring our technology to industry and collaborating across the military and academia, we turn bold ideas into real-world impact. https://ow.ly/XOo650Zekio

Meet Ashley Kamal, an AI/ML Algorithm Engineer at MIT Lincoln Laboratory who focuses on AI/ML [artificial intelligence and machine learning] algorithm development for undersea systems.

During her time at the Laboratory, Ashley has built her knowledge of undersea mission needs and data types, and various AI/ML methods such as self-supervised and few-shot learning. “Now, I feel like a major contributor to finding meaningful solutions to difficult and evolving challenges for the undersea community,” she says.

✨ Read Ashley’s Laboratory story: https://ow.ly/VANi50ZcNX1

🚀 Our R&D relies on creative, talented people who enjoy a challenge. If this describes you, visit our careers section to discover how you might join our team. https://ow.ly/ZJph50ZcNX2

📸: Glen Cooper

A U.S. Air Force cadet explores whether novice coders can develop AI programs for military applications. In the case study, it showed that AI chatbots can help nontechnical service members produce viable software applications for their unique problems. https://ow.ly/EhqW50Zctce

A team from MIT Lincoln Laboratory is building a prototype antenna characterized by low size, weight, power, and cost that could provide protected tactical satellite communications in low Earth orbit. https://ow.ly/4x8e50ZbTna

📸: Glen Cooper

The newly announced Quantum Systems Laboratory (QSL) aims to accelerate the development of next-generation quantum technologies that will enable Massachusetts to remain a national hub for quantum innovation.

The new lab builds on MIT's existing resources, including MIT.nano and the Lincoln Laboratory's SQUILL foundry. https://ow.ly/98ux50ZasjL

Lincoln Laboratory is fabricating superconducting qubit circuits for the U.S. research community, accelerating progress in quantum technology. https://ow.ly/UR1x50Za5xx

MIT Lincoln Laboratory recently hosted its 13th annual Administrative and Support Excellence Awards ceremony. These awards recognize the exceptional accomplishments and sustained efforts of employees who have demonstrated significant achievements and consistently exemplified excellence in their roles to support the advancement of the Laboratory's mission areas.

A big congratulations to this year’s honorees 👏🏆:
Sarah M. Bruno
Amy K. Drohan
Donna L. McFarland
Margaret S. Savedra

Thank you for all you do and your contributions to the Laboratory!

📸: Niki Fandel

We were thrilled to welcome Governor Maura Healey last week to kick off Lincoln Laboratory’s 75th Anniversary Distinguished Lecture Series. During a captivating fireside chat with Laboratory Director Melissa Choi, they discussed Lincoln Laboratory's ongoing commitment to innovation and strengthening national security.

In recognition of the Laboratory's contributions to NASA’s Artemis II mission, Governor Healey also presented a Governor's citation, honoring our efforts in laying the foundation for future high-bandwidth communication in deep space.

📸: Glen Cooper

Did you hear a loud boom in the New England region on Saturday, May 30?
That was a meteor exploding at approximately 2:06 pm! This image below is derived from the GOES-19 satellite's Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM), which captured the moment of the blast (so bright that it registered as lightning) in Earth’s atmosphere.

Our team at Lincoln Laboratory is proud to have helped develop the GLM and the focal plane array detectors aboard the GOES series satellites, in collaboration with NOAA and NASA. Read more on our work with GOES here: https://ow.ly/o0VY50Z863A

📸 NOAA/CIRA