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An Accelerated Paradigm for Developing Mission-Critical Materials

Scientists and engineers at Johns Hopkins APL are applying artificial intelligence and robotics to dramatically accelerate ...
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Johns Hopkins APL Named a Best Workplace for Innovators for Seventh Straight Year

For the seventh consecutive year, APL has been named one of Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators, recognizing the ...
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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 ...
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Mara Named Head of Force Projection Sector at Johns Hopkins APL

Andrew Mara has been named head of the Force Projection Sector at APL. Mara joined APL in 2023 as the head of the National ...
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Thompson Named Mission Area Executive for National Security Analysis at Johns Hopkins APL

Angela Thompson has been appointed National Security Analysis mission area executive at APL. Since joining the Lab in 2007, ...
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Provisions From Pond Water? Researchers Leverage Biomanufacturing to Produce Food

Johns Hopkins APL researchers are exploring ways to produce food on demand by using readily available water to grow edible microbial products — an effort that could have significant implications for ...
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Rapidly Fielding Autonomous Systems at Sea

As the Department of Defense aims to accelerate delivery of autonomous systems to the warfighter, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) are lending their insights and ...
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Johns Hopkins APL Takes a Quantum Approach to Tracking Online Trends

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, have demonstrated that a quantum algorithm can be used to speed up an information analysis task that classical ...
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Design Standard Update Improves Modular Architecture for Unmanned Platforms

The Department of Defense updated its Modular Payload Design Standard, marking a significant evolution in the way electronic warfare, signals intelligence and communications payloads are conceived, ...
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AI-Driven 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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NASA, Johns Hopkins APL Poised to Demonstrate Next-Gen Spacecraft Comms Technology

For decades, NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) constellation has ensured reliable communications between spacecraft just above Earth and scientists and engineers on the ground. By 2030, ...