
Special Operations
Johns Hopkins APL’s Special Operations Mission Area creates and enables asymmetric capabilities for the special operations community through objective technical expertise, development of emerging technologies, and quick-response solutions. These include raising situational awareness through high-precision, countermeasure-resistant tailored technology for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance. We also provide increased capabilities for military information support operations and counterproliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
Highlights
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Mobile Communications
Special Operations Forces (SOF) continue to rely on APL expertise to understand the communications technology landscape, inform requirements development, and identify options for mobile communications capabilities across a variety of operational scenarios. -
Better Options for Data Analytics
The open-architecture tool we developed for U.S. Special Operations Command’s Science and Technology Directorate limits dependence on a single vendor and enables the command to evaluate data analysis and visualization tools against defined data and interfaces. -
Enhanced Mapping and Positioning System (EMAPS)
We continue to strengthen EMAPS, a portable mapping system carried in a backpack, for the Department of Defense’s Chemical and Biological Defense Program.