Air traffic

A small black drone outfitted with four toroidal propellers. Each propeller looks like two loops, made of plastic.

Six Lincoln Laboratory inventions win 2022 R&D 100 Awards

Technologies recognized with "Oscars of Innovation" transform hurricane tracking, electronics cooling, collision avoidance, cybersecurity, and more.

September 21, 2022

33 Students pose for a group photo with judges at the conclusion of the MEMSI 2022 Showcase.

Transforming the travel experience for the Hong Kong airport

Students propose solutions to re-imagine the customer experience for Hong Kong’s airport city development.

March 11, 2022

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MIT Lincoln Laboratory wins nine R&D 100 Awards for 2021

A life-detecting radar, a microscale motor, and a quantum network architecture are among this year's most innovative new technologies.

November 17, 2021

“I knew the science was sound, I knew the math was sound, but even when everything is going as planned and you are actually seeing it happening with your own eyes, it’s still surreal,” says Jacqueline Thomas PhD ’20 on watching a Boeing 777 commercial airplane land using an approach she designed as an MIT grad student.

From delayed deceleration to Zooming

Jacqueline Thomas PhD ’20 recounts her final academic year at MIT, from once-in-a-lifetime field work to a virtual thesis defense.

June 14, 2020

Engineers at MIT have developed a queuing model that may help air traffic controllers direct departures more efficiently, minimizing runway congestion.

Cutting down runway queues

Model that predicts time from gate departure to takeoff could cut airport congestion, fuel waste.

January 14, 2016

Planes await takeoff at London's Heathrow Airport.

Researchers examine health impacts of more U.K. runways

Study: An expanded Heathrow Airport would lead to 100 more pollution-related early deaths annually in the U.K. by 2030.

October 19, 2012

The wavelength beam-combining diode laser is shown cutting through several millimeters of steel. A small spot size combined with high intensity provides high-speed cuts through thick materials with minimal impairment to the width of the cut.

Four innovative technologies garner 2012 R&D 100 Awards for MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Awards recognize a diverse range of technologies

July 6, 2012

At a crossroads

New research predicts which cars are likeliest to run lights at intersections.

November 30, 2011

Safer skies

A new algorithm could help prevent midair collisions, which involve 10 to 12 small aircraft every year.

July 5, 2011

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