Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
US non-profit R&D organization specializing in guidance, navigation, control, and autonomous systems for defense and space applications.
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory is an American non-profit research and development organization founded in 1932 at MIT by Charles Stark Draper, becoming independent in 1973. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Draper specializes in guidance, navigation, and control (GN&C) technologies, autonomous systems, robotics, and microelectronics for national security, defense, space exploration, healthcare, and energy. Draper is renowned for developing the Apollo Guidance Computer and holds major defense contracts including systems for the Trident II ballistic missile.
It operates across 24 locations with 1,000–5,000 employees and has received over $6 billion in US Department of Defense contracts. Research areas include AI, autonomous vehicles, surgical robotics, and advanced sensing.
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1932
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Research Institute
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North America
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