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Johns Hopkins APL Research Helps Shape Landmark Federal Expansion of Unmanned Aircraft Operations

APL’s involvement in unmanned aircraft safety traces back to its earlier work on collision avoidance for manned aviation. Researchers supported the FAA’s development of the Airborne Collision ...
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Johns Hopkins APL Experts Named to Department of War’s First Science, Technology and Innovation Board

Mitch Nikolich and James Gosler, national security experts from APL, have been named to the Department of War’s first Science ...
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Johns Hopkins Selects Caporaletti to Chair Engineering Management Graduate Program

Stephanie Caporaletti, assistant branch supervisor in the Asymmetric Operations Sector at APL, has been appointed as chair of ...
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Geesaman Appointed Precision Strike Mission Area Executive at Johns Hopkins APL

Brian Geesaman will lead a diverse portfolio of programs and initiatives focused on integrated strike warfare capabilities, ...
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Johns Hopkins APL-Supported Researchers Turn Biological Innovation Into a New Startup

With support from APL, former staff members John Sittmann and Tom Curtis have launched Deep Root Biolabs, a startup advancing ...
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NASA and Johns Hopkins APL Demonstrate First-of-Its-Kind Space Communications

NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Program and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, have successfully tested wideband technology that allows spacecraft to ...
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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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Computerworld Names Johns Hopkins APL to 2026 List of Best Places to Work in IT

The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, has been named by Foundry’s Computerworld to its list of Best Places to Work in IT for the eighth consecutive year. APL’s ...
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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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Johns Hopkins APL’s Next-Generation Solid-State Refrigeration Technology Wins 2025 R&D 100 Award

APL staff members (from left to right) Nathan Fairbanks, Jonathan Pierce and Rama Venkatasubramanian used metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) to produce CHESS materials — an approach well ...
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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 ...