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As a university affiliated research center (UARC), Johns Hopkins APL maintains robust engineering and research and development expertise in eight core competencies to meet the needs of our government sponsors.

APL’s core competencies are:

  • Strategic systems testing and evaluation
  • Submarine security and survivability
  • Space science and engineering
  • Combat systems and guided missiles
  • Theater air defense and power projection
  • Information technology (C4ISR/IO)
  • Simulation, modeling, and operations analysis
  • Mission-related research and development

The Laboratory develops future technologies and capabilities that serve national priorities and expand the frontiers of science. We provide U.S. government agencies with specialized technical expertise to support national priorities and technology development programs. And we serve as independent trusted technical agents, providing continuity for highly complex, multigenerational government-funded technology systems.

Press Releases

  • Katherine L. Morse

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    Katherine Morse Receives Prestigious NATO Award

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    Katherine L. Morse, a computer scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Maryland, has been awarded the NATO Science and Technology Organization’s (STO) Scientific Achievement Award (SAA), the highest honor presented in NATO to science and technology working groups.
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  • David Van Wie

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    David Van Wie to Lead APL’s Air and Missile Defense Sector

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    The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Maryland, has tapped David Van Wie to head its Air and Missile Defense Sector, where he will oversee all work related to an APL mission that traces its roots to the Laboratory’s founding project: the radio proximity fuze.
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  • Jason Kalirai

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    Kalirai Named Civil Space Mission Area Executive at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

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    Jason Kalirai has joined the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, as mission area executive for civil space programs.
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  • APL Wins IARPA Geopolitical Forecasting Challenge

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    Johns Hopkins APL Wins IARPA Geopolitical Forecasting Challenge

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    The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, earned first place overall and Election Forecaster honors in the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) Geopolitical Forecasting Challenge.
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  • APL Wins IARPA Geopolitical Forecasting Challenge

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    Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab Earns Global Society of Women Engineers Awards

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    Society of Women Engineers Awards SWE@APL’s Victoria Campbell, communications chair elect Kim Westbrook, Vice President, and Sylvie DeLaHunt, diversity and inclusion chair, at the Celebrate SWE event on Oct. 20. Credit: APL The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, has been honored with the Society of Women Engineers Mission and Best Practices awards.
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