Mission Area
Special Operations
Creating Disruptive Capabilities that Enable Special and Intelligence Operations to Rapidly Characterize and Defeat Asymmetric Threats
APL’s Special Operations Mission Area drives emerging technologies for special and intelligence operations for select sponsors within the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. We serve as a trusted technical advisor for research, development, and acquisition programs, as well as end-to-end technology developers and engineers for proof-of-concept systems and capabilities. We also serve as a quick-reaction capability for our sponsors’ most urgent problems across the globe.
Leadership
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Research Areas
To meet the challenges of great power competition, APL’s Special Operations Mission Area manages an internal research and development program to pursue technologies and concepts in several research areas.
Recent News
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Learn more about Assistant Secretary of Defense Maier Visits Johns Hopkins APLPress Release
Mar 8, 2024Assistant Secretary of Defense Maier Visits Johns Hopkins APL
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict Christopher Maier visited APL’s research facilities and received briefings on artificial intelligence initiatives.
