Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Johns Hopkins APL Earns Eighth Straight Selection to Fast Company’s 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators List

Fast Company has recognized APL among its Best Workplaces for Innovators for the eighth consecutive year, honoring the ...
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Johns Hopkins APL Researchers Developing New Heatsink Using Additive Manufacturing

Combining phase-change materials with additive manufacturing, APL engineers are developing a capability to help manage heat ...
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Johns Hopkins APL Breakthrough Puts Heat-Resistant Materials on a Faster Track

A novel approach for making carbon-carbon composites could replace the slow, labor-intensive manufacturing process that has constrained the material’s availability and driven up its cost. Developed by ...
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Cyber Operations

APL’s Cyber Operations Mission Area drives assessment, architecture and prototype development, demonstration, and industry transition for disruptive technologies in cybersecurity, communications, data ...
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STEM Outreach

The nation’s future depends on the next generation of scientists and engineers. APL is tackling the critical challenge of inspiring, training, and developing the nation’s STEM talent through school- ...
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Johns Hopkins APL-Developed Target-Tracking Tech Drives Critical Defense Systems

For more than 15 years, an APL-designed capability for tracking multiple moving targets has been powering critical sea, land, and air defense systems. Known as Precision Engagement of Moving Targets, ...
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Johns Hopkins APL Publishes Report on Nation’s First Space Weather Simulation Exercise

The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, recently released the results of the nation’s first end-to-end Space Weather Tabletop Exercise (TTX), held in May 2024. The ...
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NASA Launches IMAP Mission to Study the Heliosphere and Better Understand Space Weather

Into a Sun-soaked sky above the Florida coast, NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) was launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center at 7:30 a.m ...
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Johns Hopkins APL Named a Fast Company Most Innovative Company for 2026

The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, has been named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2026, ranking 13 in the Security category for developing ...
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Johns Hopkins APL Delivers New Satellite Tracking Capability to U.S. Space Force

Locating and tracking active satellites and debris in geosynchronous orbit, more than 22,000 miles above the Earth, is a real-world challenge. Tools such as optical sensors — both in space and on the ...
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Johns Hopkins APL Employing AI to Discover Materials for National Security Needs

Bringing together material and data scientists, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, is leveraging the power of artificial intelligence to rapidly discover materials ...