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Lincoln Laboratory



MIT Lincoln Laboratory, also known as Lincoln Lab, is a federally funded research and development center managed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and funded by the United States Department of Defense. Lincoln Lab is located at Hanscom Field in the town of Lexington, Massachusetts, and was founded in 1951. In 1950, MIT undertook a summer study, named Project Charles, to explore the feasibility of establishing a major laboratory focused on air defense. The summer study recommended the establishment of a laboratory, named Project Lincoln, (later renamed Lincoln Laboratory) to be operated by MIT for the Army, Navy and Air Force. In the early years, the most important developments to come out of Lincoln Lab were SAGE (Semi-Automatic Ground Environment), a nationwide network of radar and anti-aircraft weapons linked to digital computers concieved by professor George E. Valley, and the DEW (Distant Early Warning) Line, a radar surveillance system placed along the polar gateway to the United States. ==NBMDS controversy== There was a controversy surrounding Lincoln Lab between 2001 and 2004, pertaining to test data for a component of the National Ballistic Missile Defense System. It has been alleged (most notably by MIT faculty member Theodore Postol) that the 1999 "POET" report, co-authored by two staff members (who are no longer with the Lab), may have contained fabricated test data. There are no allegations that Lincoln Laboratory fabricated data or interefered with the investigation. The investigation is now closed, with the Department of Defense insisting that the information in question is classified; Postol disputes this argument. == External links == *[http://www.ll.mit.edu/ MIT Lincoln Laboratory home page] *[http://www-tech.mit.edu/V124/N58/58missile.58n.html DoD Bars Inquiry on Fraud at Lincoln Lab] Massachusetts Institute of Technology Laboratories

Lincoln Laboratory



On the Temp page, I have reverted to the last uninfringed information by Michael Hardy, all edits after are by User:129.55.200.20 and infringed and I believe was taken from the MIT Lincoln Labs history page on their site, without their knowledge and attempt to contact the lab on if they would agree to allow the history to be put on this page, However, he never written a summary and I have not found any proof that he took it from their website with their consent. --User:Saint-Paddy 22:56, 5 May 2004 (UTC)


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