

Tactical Systems
Developing technologies that counter threats to U.S. forces
We are advancing the development of tactical airborne and counterterrorism systems through systems analysis, rapid prototyping, and detailed, realistic instrumented tests.

Tactical Systems Groups
We are a multidisciplinary team that provides timely, technology agnostic solutions to the most challenging U.S. defense and intelligence needs. We conceptualize systems to meet these needs and then develop the systems in a fast cycle of experimentation and prototyping.
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Events
Jun
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ISR Systems and Technology Workshop 2026
MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, Massachusetts
Featured Publications
Robust network protocols for large swarms of small UAVs
Mar 5
2022 IEEE Aeropsace Conf., AERO 2022, 18 p.
A hands-on middle-school robotics software program at MIT
Mar 28
IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conf., 28 March 2020.
Prototype and analytics for discovery and exploitation of threat networks on social media
Nov 26
2019 European Intelligence and Security Informatics Conference, EISIC, 26-27 November 2019.
Career Opportunities
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