2011 MIT Lincoln Laboratory Facts

Airborne Test Bed Facility
The Laboratory operates the main hangar on the Hanscom
Air Force Base flight line. This ~93,000 sq ft building
accommodates the Laboratory’s airborne test bed and a
complex of state-of-the-art antenna test chambers. The
facility houses several Lincoln Laboratory–operated aircraft.
Lincoln Laboratory Grid
The Lincoln Laboratory Grid is an interactive, on-demand
parallel computing system that uses a large computing
cluster to enable Laboratory researchers to augment the
processing power of desktop systems with high performance
computational cluster nodes to process larger sets of
sensor data, create higher-fidelity simulations, and develop
entirely new algorithms.
Optical Systems Test Facility
The Optical Systems Test Facility was established at
Lincoln Laboratory to support a broad scope of program
areas, encompassing tactical ground-based sensors through
strategic space-based sensors.
The Optical Systems Test Facility comprises several separate
ranges developed as a coordinated set of test sites at
the Laboratory. Currently, four separate ranges are housed
in the facility: an active range (Laser Radar Test Facility),
a passive range (Seeker Experimental System), an aerosol
range (Standoff Aerosol Active Signature Testbed), and an
optical material measurements range.
Environmental Test Laboratory
The Environmental Test Laboratory is one of the
Engineering Division’s facilities used by coalition project
teams for demonstrating novel ground-based, sea-based,
airborne, and space-based systems. This laboratory supports
both small rapid development efforts and large
systems development. The laboratory’s vibration systems
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