Projects

Large constellations of satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) allow for unparalleled global coverage but require new networking approaches.

A low-cost, reconfigurable radio receiver architecture provides an alternative approach to filter out unwanted transmissions in millimeter-wave (MMW) signals.

A new type of fiber could transmit the high-power light needed for future deep-space science and exploration missions.

The laser communications payload has delivered terabytes of data from a satellite to Earth at record-breaking rates that will transform future science missions.

Optical communications technologies decades in the making at Lincoln Laboratory were transferred to NASA for its first two-way laser relay communications system.

High-altitude balloons used as beyond-line-of-sight relays would provide communications nodes if satellite communications could not offer coverage in contested environments.

A power-efficient application-specific integrated circuit system on chip that performs up to 2 trillion computations per second has potential for use in mobile communication systems.

A system that enables robust, long-distance communications between underwater vehicles exploits laser technology.

Emergency agencies around the world are using NICS to coordinate rapid and organized response to disasters.

The ILLUMA-T will enable optical communications on the International Space Station.