Matthew Edwards

Matt Edwards is an Assistant Group Leader at MIT Lincoln Laboratory in the Air Traffic Control mission area. At Lincoln Laboratory, his technical work spans the assessment and technology development of collision avoidance systems for manned and unmanned aircraft. Recently, he has led and contributed to unmanned aircraft sense and avoid system development and performance assessment for the Air Force, Army, Navy, Coast Guard, DHS, NASA, and FAA. He has supported several standards development organizations including the FAA sponsored UAS Sense and Avoid Workshop, RTCA Unmanned Aircraft Systems committee, ICAO Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems Panel, and chairs the NATO Sense and Avoid Specialist Team. He coordinates a diverse portfolio of programs at Lincoln Laboratory spanning air traffic surveillance and decision support for the FAA, NASA, and DoD.