News
Jan 23, 2026
Flight Engineers Give NASA’s Dragonfly Lift
When NASA’s Dragonfly begins full rotorcraft integration and testing in early 2026, the mission team will tap into a trove of data gathered through critical technical trials conducted over the past three years.
Press Release
Jan 21, 2026
NASA Selects Johns Hopkins APL to Investigate Space Radiation Effects on the Lunar Surface
APL has been awarded one of three new NASA science investigations designed to strengthen humanity’s understanding and exploration of the Moon. The research payloads will be integrated into the agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative and Artemis campaign, with delivery to the lunar surface planned for 2028.
Press Release
Jan 20, 2026
Johns Hopkins APL Expertise Supports New Navy Jammer
The Next Generation Jammer features high-power amplifier technology and an extended range. APL provided technical insight and worked with government and industry partners to mature critical technologies for a more advanced jammer.
Press Release
Jan 16, 2026
Moss Appointed to National Industrial Security Policy Committee
Leonard Moss Jr. has been appointed to the National Industrial Security Program Policy Advisory Committee (NISPPAC), the nation’s primary forum for evaluating and recommending changes to the policies that guide the National Industrial Security Program.
Press Release
Jan 12, 2026
NASA’s IMAP Reaches Orbit to Start Study of Heliosphere and Space Weather
NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) has reached its destination of the first Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L1), where it will start its prime mission of studying the heliosphere and space weather.
News
Jan 9, 2026
Global Partners to Highlight BOLT Hypersonic Experiment Success
Learning from an anomaly during the first BOLT-1A flight, the successful BOLT-1B follow-on flight experiment collected hundreds of critical measurements, providing data to advance understanding of complex physics important to hypersonic flight.
News
Dec 19, 2025
NASA and Johns Hopkins APL Demonstrate First-of-Its-Kind Space Communications
NASA and APL have successfully tested a wideband technology that enabled, for the first time, a spacecraft to communicate with both government and commercial networks.
Press Release
Dec 16, 2025
Chen Named National Security Analysis Department Head at Johns Hopkins APL
APL has named Yu-Han “Hugh” Chen as head of the National Security Analysis Department (NSAD). Chen, who previously served as the department’s chief analyst, will lead APL’s work providing integrated technical and operational analysis to inform national security decisions.
Press Release
Dec 12, 2025
Johns Hopkins APL-Led Team Releases Predictive Space Weather Model to Public
A predictive space weather model developed by APL and partners that is designed to simulate how solar storms affect Earth is now widely available to researchers and the broader public.
Press Release
Dec 11, 2025
NASA Selects Johns Hopkins APL-Developed CINEMA Mission to Study Space Weather
CINEMA, a mission to improve understanding of the growing impacts of space weather, has been competitively selected by NASA for development.