Editing MIT Lincoln Laboratory (section)

{{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>