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{{Short description|American research and development center}}
{{Primary sources|date=May 2014}}
{{Infobox laboratory
|name           = MIT Lincoln Laboratory
|motto          = 
|logo           = MIT Lincoln Laboratory logo.svg
|established    = 1951
|director       = Melissa G. Choi
|city           = [[Lexington, Massachusetts|Lexington]], [[Massachusetts]], [[United States]]
|budget         = $1.01 billion
|type           = Advanced science/technology
|staff          = 
|campus         = [[Hanscom Air Force Base]]
|nobel_laureates  = 
|operating_agency = [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]
|website        = {{URL|http://www.ll.mit.edu/}}
|logo_size=300|image=Admiral Christopher Grady, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visits various locations in the Eastern United States in April 2024 - 33.jpg|caption=Admiral [[Christopher W. Grady|Christopher Grady]] visits in 2024}}

The '''MIT Lincoln Laboratory''', located in [[Lexington, Massachusetts]], is a United States Department of Defense [[Federally funded research and development centers|federally funded research and development center]] chartered to apply advanced technology to problems of [[national security]]. Research and development activities focus on long-term technology development as well as rapid system [[prototype|prototyping]] and demonstration. Its core competencies are in sensors, integrated sensing, signal processing for information extraction, decision-making support, and communications. These efforts are aligned within ten mission areas. The laboratory also maintains several field sites around the world.

The laboratory transfers much of its advanced technology to government agencies, industry, and academia, and has launched more than 100 start-ups.<ref name="facts20">{{cite report |author=MIT Lincoln Laboratory |date=May 2020 |title=Facts 2020–2021 |url=https://www.ll.mit.edu/sites/default/files/page/doc/2020-05/MITLL_FactsBook_2020-2021.pdf |quote=Spin-off companies since 1951: 106.}}</ref>

==History==

===Origins===
At the urging of the [[United States Air Force]], the Lincoln Laboratory was created in 1951 at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT) as part of an effort to improve the U.S. air defense system.<ref name="y-s">{{cite book |author1-first=Ken |author1-last=Young |author2-first=Warner R. |author2-last=Schilling |title=Super Bomb: Organizational Conflict and the Development of the Hydrogen Bomb |publisher=Cornell University Press |location=Ithaca, New York |year=2019 |isbn=978-1-5017-4516-4 |url=https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501745164/super-bomb | page=125}}</ref> Primary advocates for the creation of the laboratory were veterans of the World War&nbsp;II-era [[MIT Radiation Laboratory]], including physicist and electrical engineer [[Ivan A.&nbsp;Getting]], physicist [[Louis Ridenour]], and physicist [[George E.&nbsp;Valley&nbsp;Jr.]]<ref name="y-s"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ll.mit.edu/about/History/origins.html |title=MIT Lincoln Laboratory: History: Lincoln Laboratory Origins |access-date=2024-03-31 |archive-date=2017-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170119093302/http://www.ll.mit.edu/about/History/origins.html |url-status=deviated }}</ref>

The laboratory's inception was prompted by Valley's investigations into the U.S. air defences, culminating in the Air Defense Systems Engineering Committee's 1950 report that concluded the United States was unprepared for the threat of an air attack. Because of MIT's management of the Radiation Laboratory during [[World War&nbsp;II]], the experience of some of its staff on the Air Defense Systems Engineering Committee, and its proven competence in advanced electronics, the Air Force suggested that MIT could provide the research needed to develop an air defense that could detect, identify, and ultimately intercept air threats.<ref>''MIT Lincoln Laboratory: Technology in the National Interest'', ed. Eva C.&nbsp;Freeman, Lexington, Mass.: MIT Lincoln Laboratory, 1995.</ref>

[[James R. Killian]], the president of MIT, was not eager for MIT to become involved in air defense. He asked the [[United States Air Force]] if MIT could first conduct a study to evaluate the need for a new laboratory and to determine its scope. Killian's proposal was approved, and a study named [[Project Charles]] (for the [[Charles River]] that flows past MIT) was carried out between February and August 1951. The final Project Charles report stated that the United States needed an improved air defense system and unequivocally supported the formation of a laboratory at MIT dedicated to air defense problems.

This new undertaking was initially called {{anchor|Project_Lincoln}}Project Lincoln, and the site chosen for the new laboratory was on the Laurence G.&nbsp;Hanscom Field (now [[Hanscom Air Force Base]]), where the Massachusetts towns of [[Bedford, Massachusetts|Bedford]], [[Lexington, Massachusetts|Lexington]] and [[Lincoln, Massachusetts|Lincoln]] meet. A [[Project Bedford]] (on antisubmarine warfare) and a [[Project Lexington]] (on [[nuclear propulsion]] of [[aircraft]]) were already in use, so Major General Putt, who was in charge of drafting the charter for the new laboratory, decided to name the project for the town of Lincoln.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ll.mit.edu/about/History/projectcharles.html |title=MIT Lincoln Laboratory: History: Lincoln Laboratory established |publisher=Ll.mit.edu |date=1941-06-26 |access-date=2014-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204075643/http://www.ll.mit.edu/about/History/projectcharles.html |archive-date=2016-12-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===SAGE===
The [[Semi-Automatic Ground Environment]] (SAGE) Air Defense System is the beginning of MIT Lincoln Laboratory's history of developing innovative technology.<ref>T. P. Hughes, ''Rescuing Prometheus: Four Monumental Projects That Changed the Modern World'', New York: Pantheon Books, 1998, Chapter&nbsp;2, pp.&nbsp;15–67.</ref> The system was conceived to meet the challenge of providing air defense to the continental United States. SAGE was designed to collect, analyze, and finally relay data from a multitude of [[radar]]s, all quickly enough that defense responses could be initiated, if needed. The key to this system was a [[computer]] that could perform reliably in real time.

MIT's [[Whirlwind I|Whirlwind]] computer, built in the 1940s, looked to be a possible candidate for the system. However, the Whirlwind was not reliable or fast enough for the processing needed for analyzing data coming in from dozens of, perhaps even 100, radars. [[Jay Wright Forrester]], an MIT professor instrumental in the development of the Whirlwind, found the breakthrough to enable the computer to achieve outstanding reliability and doubled speed&nbsp;— the [[magnetic-core memory]]. The magnetic-core memory revolutionized computing. Computers became machines that were not just large and fast calculators; their uses for varying applications grew. Industry followed this development closely, adopting the magnetic-core memory that expanded the capabilities of computers.

The [[TX-0]] computer, in essence, a transistorized version of Whirlwind, was built in 1955 and made operational in 1956. It was smaller and slightly faster than Whirlwind.

Whirlwind II was not completed, but the [[AN/FSQ-7 Combat Direction Central]], based on elements of its design, became the [[command and control]] system for the SAGE air defense network<ref name=IYD>{{cite AV media |title=In Your Defense |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06drBN8nlWg  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/06drBN8nlWg |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|format=digitized movie |publisher=Western Electric |access-date=2012-04-03 |quote=The [[System Development Corporation]]&nbsp;... in the design of massive computer programs … Burroughs…electronic equipment&nbsp;... Western Electric&nbsp;... assist the Air Force in coordinating and managing the entire effort&nbsp;... and design of buildings.&nbsp;... SAGE project office&nbsp;... Air Material Command |time=5:15}}{{cbignore}}. Note: The film identifies "Direction Center" versus "Data Center".</ref><ref name="Dyson1997">{{cite book |author=Dyson, George |date=April 1997 |title=Darwin Among the Machines: The Evolution of Global Intelligence |page=[https://archive.org/details/darwinamongmachi00dyso/page/179 179] |edition=1st |publisher=Basic Books |isbn=0-7382-0030-1 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/darwinamongmachi00dyso/page/179}}</ref> and Lincoln Laboratory Division&nbsp;6 participated in this development.<ref name=LL1955>{{Cite report |author=((Division 6 Staff))<!--"(())" to suppress "numeric names" warning--> |title=Biweekly Report for 27 May 1955 |url=http://dome.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.3/45987/MC665_r14_6M-3674.pdf?sequence=1 |format=Memorandum |publisher=MIT Lincoln Laboratory |number=6M–3674}}</ref>

Lincoln Laboratory quickly established a reputation for pioneering advanced electronics in air defense systems. Many of the technical developments that later evolved into improved systems for the airborne detection and tracking of aircraft and ground vehicles have formed the basis for current research.

===Today===
[[File:LLMIT Corporate Logo.png|thumb|MIT Lincoln Laboratory logo]]

Since MIT Lincoln Laboratory's establishment, the scope of the problems has broadened from the initial emphasis on air defense to include programs in space surveillance, [[missile defense]], surface surveillance and object identification, communications, cyber security, homeland protection, [[high-performance computing]], air traffic control, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR). The core competencies of the laboratory are in sensors, information extraction (signal processing and embedded computing), communications, integrated sensing, and decision support, all supported by a strong advanced electronic technology activity.<ref name="ar19">{{cite report |author=MIT Lincoln Laboratory |date=April 2020 |title=2019 Annual Report |url=https://www.ll.mit.edu/sites/default/files/page/doc/2020-04/MIT_Lincoln_Laboratory_2019_Annual_Report.pdf}}</ref>

Lincoln Laboratory conducts research and development pertinent to national security on behalf of the military services, the [[Office of the Secretary of Defense]], and other government agencies. Projects focus on the development and prototyping of new technologies and capabilities. Program activities extend from fundamental investigations, through simulation and analysis, to design and field testing of prototype systems. Emphasis is placed on transitioning technology<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ll.mit.edu/about/TechTransfer/techtransfer.html |title=MIT Lincoln Laboratory: Tech Transfer |publisher=Ll.mit.edu |access-date=2014-05-15}}</ref> to industry.

The work of Lincoln Laboratory revolves around a comprehensive set of mission areas:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ll.mit.edu/mission/index.html |title=MIT Lincoln Laboratory: Mission Areas |publisher=Ll.mit.edu |access-date=2014-05-15}}</ref>
* Space control<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ll.mit.edu/mission/space/spacecontrol.html |title=ll.mit.edu |publisher=ll.mit.edu |access-date=2014-05-15}}</ref>
* Air, missile, and maritime defense technology<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ll.mit.edu/mission/airmissile/airmissiledefense.html |title=MIT Lincoln Laboratory: Air & Missile Defense Technology |publisher=Ll.mit.edu |access-date=2014-05-15}}</ref>
* Communication systems<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ll.mit.edu/mission/communications/communications.html |title=MIT Lincoln Laboratory: Communication Systems |publisher=Ll.mit.edu |access-date=2014-05-15}}</ref>
* Cybersecurity and information sciences<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ll.mit.edu/mission/cybersec/cybersec.html |title=MIT Lincoln Laboratory: Cyber Security and Information Sciences |publisher=Ll.mit.edu |access-date=2014-05-15}}</ref>
* Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems and technology<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ll.mit.edu/mission/isr/ISRsystems.html |title=MIT Lincoln Laboratory: ISR Systems and Technology |publisher=Ll.mit.edu |access-date=2014-05-15}}</ref>
* Advanced technology<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ll.mit.edu/mission/electronics/aet.html |title=MIT Lincoln Laboratory: Advanced Electronics Technology |publisher=Ll.mit.edu |access-date=2014-05-15}}</ref>
* Tactical systems<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ll.mit.edu/mission/tactical/tactical.html |title=MIT Lincoln Laboratory: Tactical Systems |publisher=Ll.mit.edu |access-date=2014-05-15}}</ref>
* Homeland protection<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ll.mit.edu/mission/homeland/homelandprotection.html |title=MIT Lincoln Laboratory: Homeland Protection |publisher=Ll.mit.edu |access-date=2014-05-15}}</ref>
* Air traffic control<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ll.mit.edu/mission/aviation/aviationresearch.html |title=MIT Lincoln Laboratory: Air Traffic Control |publisher=Ll.mit.edu |access-date=2014-05-15}}</ref>
* Engineering<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ll.mit.edu/mission/engineering/engineering.html |title=MIT Lincoln Laboratory: Engineering |publisher=Ll.mit.edu |access-date=2014-05-15}}</ref>
* Biotechnology<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ll.mit.edu/r-d/biotechnology-and-human-systems |title=Biotechnology and Human Systems &#124; MIT Lincoln Laboratory }}</ref>

Lincoln Laboratory also undertakes work for non-DoD agencies such as programs in [[Laser communication in space|space lasercom]] and space science, as well as environmental monitoring for [[NASA]] and the [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]].

The dissemination of information to the government, academia, and industry is a principal focus of Lincoln Laboratory's technical mission. Wide dissemination of technical information is achieved through annual technical workshops,<ref name="Ll.mit.edu">{{cite web|url=http://www.ll.mit.edu/workshops/index.html |title=MIT Lincoln Laboratory: Workshops/Education |publisher=Ll.mit.edu |access-date=2014-05-15}}</ref> seminars, and courses<ref name="Ll.mit.edu"/> hosted at the laboratory. Toward the goal of knowledge sharing, the laboratory publishes the ''Lincoln Laboratory Journal'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ll.mit.edu/publications/journal/journal.html |title=MIT Lincoln Laboratory: Publications: Current Journal |publisher=Ll.mit.edu |access-date=2014-05-15}}</ref> which contains comprehensive articles on current major research and journalistic pieces highlighting novel projects. Other publications<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ll.mit.edu/publications/index.html |title=MIT Lincoln Laboratory: Publications |publisher=Ll.mit.edu |access-date=2014-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410014235/http://www.ll.mit.edu/publications/index.html |archive-date=2014-04-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref> include "Tech Notes", brief descriptions of Laboratory capabilities and technical achievements; the "Annual Report", which highlights technical accomplishments and ongoing corporate and community outreach initiatives; and an overview brochure "MIT Lincoln Laboratory: Technology in Support of National Security".<ref>{{cite web |title=MIT Reports to the President, 2007–2008 |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts |publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology |year=2008 |url=http://web.mit.edu/annualreports/ }}</ref> Current news about Laboratory technical milestones is featured on the laboratory's website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ll.mit.edu/news/index.html |title=MIT Lincoln Laboratory: News |publisher=Ll.mit.edu |access-date=2014-05-15}}</ref>

MIT Lincoln Laboratory maintains a strong relationship with the MIT campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ll.mit.edu/about/mitinteractions.html |title=MIT Lincoln Laboratory: MIT Interactions |publisher=Ll.mit.edu |access-date=2014-05-15}}</ref> Ongoing research collaborations, student internship programs, reciprocal seminar series, and cooperative community and educational outreach projects are just a few of the ways the laboratory and the campus share the talents, facilities, and resources of each other.

==Staff and organization==

Approximately 1,700 technical staff members work on research, prototype building, and field demonstrations. The technical staff come from a broad range of scientific and engineering fields, with electrical engineering, physics, computer science and mathematics being among the most prevalent. Two-thirds of the professional staff hold advanced degrees, and 60% of those degrees are at the doctoral level.

The technical work is organized into eight divisions:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ll.mit.edu/employment/orgtechdivisions.html |title=MIT Lincoln Laboratory: Organization of Divisions |publisher=Ll.mit.edu |access-date=2014-05-15 |archive-date=2013-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922105128/http://www.ll.mit.edu/employment/orgtechdivisions.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Air, Missile, & Maritime Defense Technology; Homeland Protection and Air Traffic Control; Cyber Security and Information Sciences; Communication Systems; Engineering; Advanced Technology; Space Systems and Technology; and ISR and Tactical Systems.

Lincoln Laboratory supports its research and development work with an infrastructure of services from six departments:<ref>{{cite web |title=MIT Lincoln Laboratory: Service Departments |url=https://www.ll.mit.edu/about/organization/service-departments |access-date=2015-04-08 |publisher=Ll.mit.edu}}</ref> Contracting Services, Facility Services, Financial Services, Information Services, Security Services, and Human Resources. Approximately 1300 people working in the service departments or as technical specialists support the research and development mission of the laboratory.

Lincoln Laboratory supports several community outreach programs. Programs that promote education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics for students in grades kindergarten to high school are offered to the local community and are supported by volunteers from across the laboratory.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ll.mit.edu/outreach/EducationalOutreach.html |title=MIT Lincoln Laboratory: Educational Outreach |publisher=Ll.mit.edu |access-date=2014-05-15}}</ref> The Lincoln Laboratory community service program raises awareness of both local and national needs by organizing fund-raising and outreach events that support selected charitable organizations, medical research, and U.S. troops abroad.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ll.mit.edu/outreach/CommServiceGiving.html |title=MIT Lincoln Laboratory: Community Service and Giving |publisher=Ll.mit.edu |access-date=2014-05-15}}</ref>

===Field sites===
====Lincoln Space Surveillance Complex====
Since 1995, the Lincoln Space Surveillance Complex in [[Westford, Massachusetts]], has played a key role in space situational awareness and the laboratory's overall space surveillance mission. The site comprises three major radars – Millstone Deep-Space Tracking Radar (an [[L-band]] radar), [[Haystack Observatory|Haystack]] Long-Range Imaging Radar ([[W band|W-band]] and [[X-band]]), and the Haystack Auxiliary Radar ([[Ku-band]]). 
Lincoln Laboratory is also engaged in field work at sites in the continental U.S. and the [[Pacific]] region.

====Reagan Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands====
Lincoln Laboratory serves as the scientific advisor to the Reagan Test Site<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smdc.army.mil/RTS.html |title=smdc.army.mil |publisher=smdc.army.mil |access-date=2014-05-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140510081644/http://www.smdc.army.mil/rts.html |archive-date=2014-05-10 }}</ref> at the U.S. Army [[Kwajalein Atoll]] installation located about 2500 miles WSW of [[Hawaii]]. The laboratory also supports upgrades to the command-and-control infrastructure of the range to include applications of real-time discrimination and decision aids developed as a result of research at the laboratory.

==== {{anchor|Lincoln Laboratory's ETS}} The Experimental Test Site at White Sands Missile Range ====
{{See also|Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research}}

The '''Lincoln Laboratory Experimental Test Site''' (ETS; [[List of observatory codes|obs. code]]: [[IAU code#704|704]]) is an electro-optical test facility located on the grounds of the [[White Sands Missile Range]] in [[Socorro, New Mexico|Socorro]], [[New Mexico]]. The ETS is operated by the laboratory for the Air Force; its principal mission is the development, evaluation, and transfer of advanced electro-optical space surveillance technologies. The ETS has been a contributing sensor to the U.S. [[Air Force Space Command]]. A spin-off program for NASA, [[Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research]] (LINEAR),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ll.mit.edu/mission/space/linear/ |title=MIT Lincoln Laboratory: LINEAR |publisher=Ll.mit.edu |access-date=2014-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724185128/http://www.ll.mit.edu/mission/space/linear/ |archive-date=2017-07-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref> uses the ground-based electro-optical deep-space surveillance telescopes at White Sands to discover [[comet]]s and [[asteroid]]s, in particular [[near-Earth object]]s. A large percentage share of all known [[minor planet]]s in the Solar System have been discovered through this program. As of 2020, the [[Minor Planet Center]] credits LINEAR with the discovery of 149,793 minor planets from 1997 to 2012. In terms of the total number of discoveries, LINEAR is the most successful asteroid [[Astronomical survey|survey program]] ever conducted.<ref name="MPC-Discoverers">{{cite web
  |title      = Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)
  |work       = Minor Planet Center
  |url        = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/MPDiscsNum.html
  |date       = 15 June 2020
  |access-date = 27 July 2020}}</ref>

In 2013, NASA's lunar-orbiting Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer ([[LADEE]]) carried an optical communications terminal built by Lincoln Laboratory that communicated with a ground terminal at another site at the White Sands Missile Range. This system, the Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD) transmitted data in both directions at the fastest speeds ever recorded for deep-space communication. The demonstration is now being followed by a number of optical systems that will allow much higher volumes of data transfer for both scientific discovery and human exploration.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2013/12/09/mit-lincoln-laboratory-builds-broadband-for-moon/J8Gi8MyllWNvR3InBIuZlM/story.html |title=MIT's Lincoln Lab helps speed space communication |website=bostonglobe.com |date=2013-12-09 |access-date=2017-04-08}}</ref>

==Directors==
{| class="wikitable"
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!{{abbr|No.|Number}}
!Image
!Name
!Term
!Notes
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|1
|
|[[Francis Wheeler Loomis|F. Wheeler Loomis]]
|July 26, 1951 – July 9, 1952
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|-
|2
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|[[Albert G. Hill]]
|July 9, 1952 – May 5, 1955
|
|-
|3
|[[File:Marshall Holloway.jpg|70px]]
|[[Marshall Holloway|Marshall G. Holloway]]
|May 5, 1955 – February 1, 1957
|
|-
|4
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|Carl F.J. Overhage
|February 1, 1957 – February 1, 1964
|
|-
|5
|
|William H. Radford
|February 1, 1964 – May 9, 1966
|
|- bgcolor="#e6e6aa"
|–
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|[[C. Robert Wieser]], acting director
|May 10, 1966 – January 1, 1967
|
|-
|6
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|Milton U. Clauser
|January 1, 1967 – June 1, 1970
|
|-
|7
|
|Gerald P. Dinneen
|June 1, 1970 – April 1, 1977
|
|-
|8
|
|Walter E. Morrow Jr.
|April 1, 1977 – June 30, 1998
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.mit.edu/1997/morrow-0910 |title=Morrow, longtime head of Lincoln Labs, to retire |first=Robert J. |last=Sales |date=September 10, 1997  |work=MIT News |publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.mit.edu/2017/walter-morrow-former-director-lincoln-laboratory-dies-0215 |title=Walter Morrow, pioneering electrical engineer and former MIT Lincoln Laboratory director, dies at 88 |first=Dorothy |last=Ryan |date=February 15, 2017 |work=MIT News |publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology}}</ref>
|-
|9
|
|David L. Briggs
|July 1, 1998 – June 30, 2006
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.mit.edu/1998/briggs-0128 |title=Briggs is new director of Lincoln Laboratory |first=Robert J. |last=Sales |date=January 28, 1998 |work=MIT News |publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology}}</ref>
|-
|10
|
|Eric D. Evans
|July 1, 2006 – June 30, 2024
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.mit.edu/2006/evans-lincolnlab |title=Eric Evans to lead Lincoln Lab |date=June 16, 2006 |work=MIT News |publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology}}</ref>
|-
|11
|
|Melissa G. Choi
|July 1, 2024 – present
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.mit.edu/2024/melissa-choi-named-lincoln-laboratory-director-0627 |title=Melissa Choi named director of MIT Lincoln Laboratory |first=Zach |last=Winn |date=June 27, 2024 |work=MIT News |publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology}}</ref>
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[List of United States college laboratories conducting basic defense research]]
*[[Federally funded research and development centers]]

==References==
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