Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

NASA Launches IMAP Mission to Study the Heliosphere and Better Understand Space Weather

NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the agency’s ...
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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 ...
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Provisions From Pond Water? Researchers Leverage Biomanufacturing to Produce Food

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, are exploring a new approach to producing food on demand with unconventional materials. Through the Feedstocks ...
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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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Johns Hopkins APL Develops Innovative Platform for Traumatic Brain Injury Research

Traumatic brain injuries have long affected military service members, with the Department of Defense reporting nearly 516,000 cases worldwide from 2000 to 2024. A team of researchers from the Johns ...
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Blodgett Appointed Assistant Director for Programs and Chief Strategy Officer at Johns Hopkins APL

Lisa Blodgett has been named assistant director for programs and chief strategy officer at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland. In this role, Blodgett will execute ...
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Nano-engineered Thermoelectrics Enable Scalable, Compressor-Free Cooling

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, have developed a new, easily manufacturable solid-state thermoelectric refrigeration technology with ...
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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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Dragonfly Mission Passes Critical Design Review

NASA’s Dragonfly, the first rotorcraft designed for scientific exploration on another ocean world, has passed its Critical Design Review. Led by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in ...
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AI Reveals New Way to Strengthen Titanium Alloys and Speed Up Manufacturing

Producing high-performance titanium alloy parts — whether for spacecraft, submarines or medical devices — has long been a slow, resource-intensive process. Even with advanced metal 3D-printing ...
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Securing the Moon’s Neighborhood: Cislunar Experts Gather at Johns Hopkins APL for Annual Conference

The neighborhood of orbits around the Moon, called cislunar space, continues to grow in importance — both scientifically and for national security purposes. In December, the Johns Hopkins Applied ...