Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

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, ...
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Johns Hopkins APL Harnesses Snake Heat-Sensing Proteins for Next-Generation Sensors

APL researchers are developing biologically driven thermal sensors that could operate without conventional electrical power.
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Three Johns Hopkins APL Innovations Earn 2026 R&D 100 Honors

Three technologies developed by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, have been named as winners of 2026 R&D 100 Awards, which recognize the year’s ...
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Johns Hopkins APL Contributions Fuel Critical Navy Cybersecurity System

The Navy-engineered Situational Awareness, Boundary Enforcement, and Response (SABER) system, with key capabilities developed by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, ...
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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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NASA Selects Johns Hopkins APL to Investigate Space Radiation Effects on the Lunar Surface

The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, has been awarded one of three new NASA science investigations designed to strengthen humanity’s understanding and exploration of ...
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Johns Hopkins Team Breaks Through Quantum Noise

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have achieved a breakthrough in quantum noise characterization in ...
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Generative Wargaming

Wargaming has long been a vital method for understanding human decision-making in complex, uncertain environments by harnessing the power of experiential learning. While traditional wargames offer ...
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Johns Hopkins APL Establishes AI Wargaming Lab to Boost Strategic National Security Analysis and Planning

The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, is fusing its analytic and cutting-edge artificial intelligence capabilities into a forward-leaning incubator known as GenWar ...
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Interstellar Medium

The space between the stars, just beyond our solar system, is filled with gas, plasma, dust, cosmic rays, and magnetic fields. The interstellar medium offers exciting clues to how neighboring stars ...
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NASA’s Dragonfly Soaring Through Key Development, Test Activities

NASA’s Dragonfly mission has cleared several key design, development and testing milestones and remains on track toward launch in July 2028. Dragonfly, a car-sized, nuclear-powered rotorcraft being ...