Then and now: How MIT Lincoln Laboratory has served as a driving force in national security innovation
August 05, 2026
August 05, 2026
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 5 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news:
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Then and now: How MIT Lincoln Laboratory has served as a driving force in national security innovation
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On July 26, 1951, the U.S. Air Force, Army, and Navy signed a charter establishing Project Lincoln, an R&D program managed by MIT to develop the nation's first continent-wide air defense system, SAGE. The charter called for . . .
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Then and now: How MIT Lincoln Laboratory has served as a driving force in national security innovation
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On July 26, 1951, the U.S. Air Force, Army, and Navy signed a charter establishing Project Lincoln, an R&D program managed by MIT to develop the nation's first continent-wide air defense system, SAGE. The charter called for . . .