We solve complex research, engineering, and analytical problems that present critical challenges to our nation. APL—the nation’s largest university affiliated research center—provides U.S. government agencies with deep expertise in specialized fields to support national priorities and technology development programs. We also serve as independent trusted technical agents to the government, providing continuity for highly complex, multigenerational technology development systems.
Our purpose is to make critical contributions to critical challenges. At APL, we feel it is our responsibility to try to solve these national challenges with the full measure of our dedication and expertise.
The Lab’s core values are unquestionable integrity, trusted service to the nation, world-class expertise, and game-changing impact—all in an environment that is collaborative, fulfilling (and even fun!).
APL’s purpose and core values guide our future, and it is no less than to create defining innovations that ensure our nation’s preeminence in the 21st century.
August 14, 2020
Using novel computer models and some of the world’s largest supercomputers, researchers in the APL-led Center for Geospace Storms have unraveled a longstanding mystery of why the aurora sometimes takes the shape of beads in the sky, and whether they portend magnetic mayhem in the near future.
August 13, 2020
Renewed efforts to put humans on the Moon could eventually lead to more landers touching down on the lunar surface. But a new study led by Johns Hopkins APL scientists shows exhaust from such landers can quickly spread and potentially contaminate scientifically valuable ices near the Moon’s poles.
August 12, 2020
On Aug. 12, Parker Solar Probe reaches the two-year mark in its journey to unlock the mysteries of the Sun. Celebrate the mission’s second launch anniversary with a look at the discoveries and milestones reached during Parker Solar Probe’s most recent year in space.
August 11, 2020
Danielle Chou, a project manager at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in the Air and Missile Defense Sector, recently accepted a one-year AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship to work with the Department of Energy's Vehicle Technologies Office in Washington, D.C.
August 7, 2020
APL will virtually host the third and final installment of DARPA’s AlphaDogfight Trials (ADT) from Aug. 18 to 20. DARPA tapped APL’s expertise in software development, AI development, modeling and simulation, as well as aircraft dynamics and controls to create the simulation environment and AI for the three ADT competition events.
August 4, 2020
Johns Hopkins APL has entered into an option agreement with Maryland-based Longeviti Neuro Solutions, LLC, for use of the Lab’s unbreakable, flexible lithium-ion battery technology, which is uniquely suited to the type of innovative neuro devices Longeviti creates for complex brain surgeries.
August 3, 2020
A new study that included Johns Hopkins APL planetary scientist Nancy Chabot reveals new details about iron meteorites and the formation of planets during the solar system’s youth, but it also highlights that scientists may currently be missing a large chunk of the meteorite record from these early planetary bodies.
July 29, 2020
APL secured the No. 3 spot on Fast Company’s 2020 Best Workplaces for Innovators list — marking the second consecutive year that the Laboratory appeared among businesses and organizations around the globe honored for demonstrating a deep commitment to encouraging innovation at all levels.
July 23, 2020
What will happen after NASA’s DART spacecraft finally collides with its target asteroid? With myriad potential outcomes, and little known about the asteroid, the answer seems almost impossible to determine. Yet modelers from Johns Hopkins APL are slowly narrowing the range of possibilities, and providing the tools that will be needed to defend Earth from a cataclysmic impact.
