Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Johns Hopkins APL Makes Sure Fans Get Soccer, Not Sicker

At the single biggest sporting event in U.S. history, drawing 5 million international visitors to 11 U.S. cities for 78 ...
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Master Inventor Hoffman Turns Chemistry Into Capability

Christopher Hoffman has been recognized as a Johns Hopkins APL Master Inventor, a distinction earned through a career spent ...
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Johns Hopkins APL Battlefield Care Innovation Named a Fast Company ‘World Changing Idea’

An augmented-reality-enabled medical guidance system developed at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, has been recognized by Fast Company as a “World Changing Idea” ...
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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 Experts Named to Department of War’s First Science, Technology and Innovation Board

Milan (Mitch) Nikolich and James Gosler, two national security experts from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, have been named to the Department of War’s (DoW) ...
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NASA’s IMAP Reaches Orbit to Start Study of Heliosphere and Space Weather

After a three-and-a-half-month journey, NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) has finally reached its destination, a strategic location between the Sun and Earth where it will ...
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NASA Selects Johns Hopkins APL-Developed CINEMA Mission to Study Space Weather

NASA has selected Dartmouth College and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, to begin developing a mission that will shed more light on the growing impacts of space ...
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Modular Payload Design Standard

The Modular Payload standard, often referred to as “Mod Payload,” was originally developed to promote modularity in the DOW arsenal of Group 2 Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). It has since been expanded ...
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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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An Accelerated Paradigm for Developing Mission-Critical Materials

Scientists and engineers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, are developing a novel materials science paradigm — one that strategically applies artificial ...