Communication Systems
Protecting U.S. military communications capabilities
We develop advanced systems and technology to enable the next generation of communications networks. Our work explores how to make satellite communications more resilient, how to make longer and faster laser datalinks to space, and how to improve tactical radios for soldiers.
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Featured Projects
Guiding Light in Air-Filled Fibers for Long-Distance Lasercom
A new type of fiber could transmit the high-power light needed for future deep-space science and exploration missions.
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.
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.
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.
Laboratory Stories
Khusbu Patel
Megan Bliss
Linda McCabe
Nolan Pearce
Advancing Our Research
Events
A2/AD Workshop - Enabling Technologies for the Future Joint Force 2024
Featured Publications
Covariance estimation with scanning arrays: FY23 RF Systems Technical Investment Program
Network performance of pLEO topologies in a high-inclination Walker Delta Satellite Constellation
Contingent routing using orbital geometry in proliferated low-earth-orbit satellite networks
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Discover the exciting and challenging opportunities in Communication Systems.