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AKiss20 t1_izsnwke wrote

Reply to comment by Opposite_Match5303 in MIT campus will remain open to public by reveazure

There’s definitely some security around storing proprietary information, but that’s not military specific. In fact it’s sorta the opposite. Afaik the military doesn’t have a way to make information “proprietary” outside of classification (but I’m not an expert, I never worked on any military sponsored research). Private companies that sponsor research, however, almost always have proprietary information agreements and NDAs with academia as research often involves sharing data that is proprietary.

Lincoln Labs and Draper were created specifically to deal with classified research. That way MIT can claim it has an open research policy but still get that sweet DOD money lol.

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Opposite_Match5303 t1_izsoey7 wrote

My understanding was that eg darpa needed some physical security for the spaces their sponsored research took place in

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BUZZUKKA t1_izsslap wrote

There is no “military research” on the MIT campus. All of the military research is just fundamental research with military advisors trying to find military uses. They also do not have any TS/SCI secured buildings for TS research.

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