Recent News and Press Releases
Press Release
Mar 16, 2026
Parks Named Sea Control Mission Area Executive at Johns Hopkins APL
Vernon Parks will lead a diverse portfolio of programs and initiatives focused on ensuring maritime domain situational awareness; delivering sea-based effects to deter aggressors; enhancing force survivability; and enabling effective, affordable rapid prototyping and modernization to advance Navy missions.
News
Mar 12, 2026
Dragonfly Mission Begins Rotorcraft Integration, Testing Stage
Integration and testing — the activities involved in assembling the Dragonfly rotorcraft lander and testing it for the rigors of launch and extreme conditions of space — is officially underway in Johns Hopkins APL clean rooms and control rooms.
News
Mar 11, 2026
Johns Hopkins APL Pioneering Digital Calibration to Create ‘Born-Qualified’ Parts
APL is developing a comprehensive suite of capabilities to ensure that additively manufactured parts can perform predictably in mission-critical applications — no matter where, when, or on what machines they’re manufactured.
News
Mar 9, 2026
‘ATLAS’ System Lifts Johns Hopkins APL Leadership in Automated Experimentation
An interdisciplinary APL team created ATLAS, an artificial intelligence co-investigator that automates testing, learning, and synthesis for microcapsules, which has decreased human labor required per experiment by more than 80% and advances APL progress in microcapsule development and automated experimentation.
News
Mar 4, 2026
Simulating the Seas to Make Additive Manufacturing Fleet-Ready
Johns Hopkins APL and GKN Aerospace are partnering to develop a system that simulates shipboard motion for metal 3D printing at sea — advancing the Navy’s ability to produce critical parts on demand. Building on APL’s success aboard the USS Bataan, this effort aims to enable motion-aware manufacturing of mission-essential components in dynamic maritime environments.