News
Jul 3, 2025
Johns Hopkins APL Develops Innovative Platform for Traumatic Brain Injury Research
A team of researchers from APL and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is developing next-generation brain organoid platforms to better understand the effects of mild blast-induced traumatic brain injuries caused by repeated low-level blasts.
Press Release
Jun 18, 2025
USNORTHCOM Commander’s Visit Spotlights Johns Hopkins APL’s Proactive Role in Homeland Defense
Gen. Gregory Guillot, Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, saw firsthand how APL’s advanced technologies and cross-agency expertise support emerging national security priorities, including integrated air and missile defense, multidomain awareness and counter-drone operations.
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Jun 17, 2025
Johns Hopkins APL, Navy Team up to Advance Additive Manufacturing for Critical Missions
APL is working with the Naval Sea Systems Command to prove that additive manufacturing can consistently deliver mission-critical components, reducing logistics delays and enhancing fleet readiness.
Press Release
Jun 3, 2025
Gen. Glen D. VanHerck Joins Johns Hopkins APL as Senior Advisor
Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, retired, has joined APL as senior advisor focused on homeland defense. VanHerck brings extensive leadership experience in defense and national security, having previously served as commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command.
Press Release
Jun 2, 2025
Blodgett Appointed Assistant Director for Programs and Chief Strategy Officer at Johns Hopkins APL
A trusted authority on strategic approaches to national security challenges, Lisa Blodgett will execute APL’s strategic planning process, lead senior-level engagement with government stakeholders, direct enterprise financial investment in support of APL’s mission and build on existing productive relationships with industry.
News
May 28, 2025
Johns Hopkins APL Celebrates Master Inventors as Beacons of Innovation
Kostas Gerasopoulos and Robert Osiander are APL’s newest Master Inventors — a select group of Laboratory staff members celebrated for careers focused on innovation and securing patents based on APL intellectual property.
News
May 27, 2025
Engineering Tomorrow’s Quantum Computers
Researchers have touted the revolutionary potential of quantum computers to take on otherwise intractable challenges, like modeling complex molecular behavior for drug discovery or factoring enormous numbers in use for cryptography schemes. But how such a computer would be created remains unclear. With help from Johns Hopkins APL, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is attempting to define, in practical terms, what a useful quantum computer looks like and how it must be built.
Press Release
May 21, 2025
Vercher to Lead Strategic Deterrence Mission Area at Johns Hopkins APL
As head of APL’s Strategic Deterrence Mission Area, Robert Vercher will lead a mission area that provides key engineering capabilities and technical analyses and evaluations to ensure the performance and reliability of U.S. Navy and Air Force strategic systems.
News
May 21, 2025
Nano-engineered Thermoelectrics Enable Scalable, Compressor-Free Cooling
Researchers at Johns Hopkins APL, in collaboration with Samsung Research, have unveiled a breakthrough in solid-state cooling technology, doubling the efficiency of today’s commercial systems. Driven by the Lab’s patented nano-engineered thin-film thermoelectric materials and devices, this innovation paves the way for compact, reliable and scalable cooling solutions that could potentially replace traditional compressors across a range of industries.
Press Release
May 2, 2025
Johns Hopkins APL Publishes Report on Nation’s First Space Weather Simulation Exercise
APL recently released the report on the nation’s first space weather tabletop exercise held last year, which simulated a severe space weather event. The report identifies key findings and recommendations for improving the nation’s response to space weather events.