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NASA and Johns Hopkins APL tested a first-of-its-kind breakthrough demonstrating how a spacecraft can communicate with both government and commercial networks using the Polylingual Experimental Terminal (PExT), which could extend from low Earth orbit to cislunar space. https://jhuapl.link/61e
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.
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December 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
NASA and Johns Hopkins APL tested a first-of-its-kind breakthrough demonstrating how a spacecraft can communicate with both government and commercial networks using the Polylingual Experimental Terminal (PExT), which could extend from low Earth orbit to cislunar space. https://jhuapl.link/61e
Quantum computers could tackle problems classical machines can’t, but what would a large-scale system look like? With APL’s support, @darpa.mil is working to define what a useful quantum computer is and how it should be built. https://jhuapl.link/08s
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 ...
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December 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Quantum computers could tackle problems classical machines can’t, but what would a large-scale system look like? With APL’s support, @darpa.mil is working to define what a useful quantum computer is and how it should be built. https://jhuapl.link/08s
APL has appointed Yu-Han “Hugh” Chen as head of the National Security Analysis Department. He brings over two decades of experience and will guide the integrated analysis that helps government leaders explore new capabilities and inform national security decisions. https://jhuapl.link/966
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 t...
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December 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
APL has appointed Yu-Han “Hugh” Chen as head of the National Security Analysis Department. He brings over two decades of experience and will guide the integrated analysis that helps government leaders explore new capabilities and inform national security decisions. https://jhuapl.link/966
A predictive space weather model developed by Johns Hopkins APL and partners that is designed to simulate how solar storms affect Earth is now widely available to researchers and the broader public. https://jhuapl.link/5eb
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.
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December 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
A predictive space weather model developed by Johns Hopkins APL and partners that is designed to simulate how solar storms affect Earth is now widely available to researchers and the broader public. https://jhuapl.link/5eb
NASA has selected Dartmouth College and Johns Hopkins APL to begin development on CINEMA, a mission to improve our understanding of the growing impacts of space weather. https://jhuapl.link/8cb
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.
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December 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
NASA has selected Dartmouth College and Johns Hopkins APL to begin development on CINEMA, a mission to improve our understanding of the growing impacts of space weather. https://jhuapl.link/8cb
APL has been named one of @computerworld.com’s Best Places to Work in IT for the eighth consecutive year. Our IT Services Department enables groundbreaking research through secure, reliable technology and forward-looking innovation. https://jhuapl.link/f13
Computerworld Names Johns Hopkins APL to 2026 List of Best Places to Work in IT
For the eighth consecutive year, APL appears on Computerworld’s Best Places to Work in IT list, which recognizes the top workplaces worldwide for information technology professionals.
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December 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
APL has been named one of @computerworld.com’s Best Places to Work in IT for the eighth consecutive year. Our IT Services Department enables groundbreaking research through secure, reliable technology and forward-looking innovation. https://jhuapl.link/f13
APL's GenWar Lab is an incubator that fuses analytic and advanced AI capabilities to enhance wargames and tabletop exercises. GenWar Lab builds on APL’s expertise in wargaming, generative AI, and modeling to help decision-makers explore complex mission scenarios. https://jhuapl.link/598
Johns Hopkins APL Establishes AI Wargaming Lab to Boost Strategic National Security Analysis and Planning
APL is fusing its analytic and cutting-edge AI capabilities into a forward-leaning incubator, known as GenWar Lab, that leverages advanced AI and large language model capabilities to support the warga...
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December 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
APL's GenWar Lab is an incubator that fuses analytic and advanced AI capabilities to enhance wargames and tabletop exercises. GenWar Lab builds on APL’s expertise in wargaming, generative AI, and modeling to help decision-makers explore complex mission scenarios. https://jhuapl.link/598
APL and Intuitive Machines are advancing lunar infrastructure to support NASA’s Artemis program and future national security operations. This joint work on communications and navigation systems will help sustain U.S. presence in cislunar space. https://jhuapl.link/95d
Johns Hopkins APL and Intuitive Machines Advance the Nation’s Cislunar Communications and Navigation
Since formalizing a partnership last fall, APL and Intuitive Machines have made marked progress toward building communications and navigation systems to enable a sustained U.S. presence on and around ...
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December 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
APL and Intuitive Machines are advancing lunar infrastructure to support NASA’s Artemis program and future national security operations. This joint work on communications and navigation systems will help sustain U.S. presence in cislunar space. https://jhuapl.link/95d
APL has appointed Christopher R. Watkins as its first chief mission engineering and integration officer. He will lead Laboratory-wide efforts to strengthen collaboration and accelerate innovation for the nation’s most pressing security challenges. https://jhuapl.link/d8e
Johns Hopkins APL Names Watkins First Chief Mission Engineering and Integration Officer
In the newly created role of APL chief mission engineering and integration officer, Christopher R. Watkins will lead efforts to strengthen cross-Laboratory collaboration, integrate multidisciplinary c...
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December 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
APL has appointed Christopher R. Watkins as its first chief mission engineering and integration officer. He will lead Laboratory-wide efforts to strengthen collaboration and accelerate innovation for the nation’s most pressing security challenges. https://jhuapl.link/d8e
APL and @microsoft.com recently showcased MAESTRO, an agentic AI planner that coordinates diverse robot teams. The demo highlighted how large language models can help robotic systems collaborate in complex environments. https://jhuapl.link/976
Johns Hopkins APL and Microsoft’s AI Agent Orchestrates Robotic Teams
APL and Microsoft recently demonstrated an AI agent that can coordinate heterogeneous robot teams using large language models. The September demo highlighted how APL’s expertise in autonomy software a...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
APL and @microsoft.com recently showcased MAESTRO, an agentic AI planner that coordinates diverse robot teams. The demo highlighted how large language models can help robotic systems collaborate in complex environments. https://jhuapl.link/976
Happy Thanksgiving from Johns Hopkins APL.
November 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from Johns Hopkins APL.
APL developed BAS/CS, a framework that standardizes alerts across cybersecurity tools protecting critical infrastructure. It can integrate with existing security and event-management systems to help mitigate control-system cyber threats in real time, and at no cost. https://jhuapl.link/f47
Standardizing Cyber Analytics to Secure Critical Infrastructure
A Johns Hopkins APL team has developed a framework for standardizing alerts transmitted by cybersecurity systems defending critical infrastructure, dramatically improving the efficiency with which the...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
APL developed BAS/CS, a framework that standardizes alerts across cybersecurity tools protecting critical infrastructure. It can integrate with existing security and event-management systems to help mitigate control-system cyber threats in real time, and at no cost. https://jhuapl.link/f47
Patrick Stadter has been named mission area executive for Theater Defense within APL’s Air and Missile Defense Sector. His extensive expertise in aerospace systems and national security will guide Lab teams currently developing technologies that protect U.S. and allied forces https://jhuapl.link/rsg
Stadter Named Mission Area Executive for Theater Defense at Johns Hopkins APL
Patrick Stadter has been appointed mission area executive for Theater Defense within the Air and Missile Defense Sector at APL. In this role, Stadter will lead efforts to deliver innovative solutions ...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Patrick Stadter has been named mission area executive for Theater Defense within APL’s Air and Missile Defense Sector. His extensive expertise in aerospace systems and national security will guide Lab teams currently developing technologies that protect U.S. and allied forces https://jhuapl.link/rsg
A team from Johns Hopkins APL and @jhu.edu has achieved a breakthrough in noise characterization in quantum systems, advancing efforts to manage errors in quantum computing and paving the way for more reliable quantum devices. https://jhuapl.link/11a
Johns Hopkins Team Breaks Through Quantum Noise
A team from Johns Hopkins APL and Johns Hopkins University has broken new ground in understanding quantum noise — a major source of error in quantum computing. Their findings, published in Physical Re...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
A team from Johns Hopkins APL and @jhu.edu has achieved a breakthrough in noise characterization in quantum systems, advancing efforts to manage errors in quantum computing and paving the way for more reliable quantum devices. https://jhuapl.link/11a
Researchers at Johns Hopkins APL, in collaboration with DARPA, are developing methods to grow edible microbial food using nonpotable water, advancing future sustainment options for deployed personnel. https://jhuapl.link/1f5
Provisions From Pond Water? Researchers Leverage Biomanufacturing to Produce Food
Johns Hopkins APL researchers are exploring ways to produce food on demand by using readily available water to grow edible microbial products — an effort that could have significant implications for d...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Researchers at Johns Hopkins APL, in collaboration with DARPA, are developing methods to grow edible microbial food using nonpotable water, advancing future sustainment options for deployed personnel. https://jhuapl.link/1f5
Johns Hopkins APL has installed a new robotic arm that will enable research to advance maritime repair and manufacturing. The system could help strengthen fleet readiness, expand opportunities for future innovation in maritime industrial agility and reduce costs. https://jhuapl.link/u9j
New Robotic Arm Opens Doors to Explore Future of Maritime Repair
Johns Hopkins APL has installed a state-of-the-art robotic arm to advance repair and manufacturing for the maritime industrial base. Using wire arc additive manufacturing and advanced sensing technolo...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Johns Hopkins APL has installed a new robotic arm that will enable research to advance maritime repair and manufacturing. The system could help strengthen fleet readiness, expand opportunities for future innovation in maritime industrial agility and reduce costs. https://jhuapl.link/u9j
Johns Hopkins APL is applying AI and robotics to improve domestic manufacturing. With TETRA, developing new alloys for defense now takes days instead of months. https://jhuapl.link/078
An Accelerated Paradigm for Developing Mission-Critical Materials
Scientists and engineers at Johns Hopkins APL are applying artificial intelligence and robotics to dramatically accelerate the process of designing, testing and optimizing metallic components for the ...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Johns Hopkins APL is applying AI and robotics to improve domestic manufacturing. With TETRA, developing new alloys for defense now takes days instead of months. https://jhuapl.link/078
APL is bringing the power of AI and advanced analytics to wargaming. GenWar Lab leverages advanced AI and LLM capabilities to support the wargames and tabletop exercises that enable military decision-makers to explore dynamic and wide-ranging mission scenarios. https://jhuapl.link/598
Johns Hopkins APL Establishes AI Wargaming Lab to Boost Strategic National Security Analysis and Planning Support
APL is fusing its analytic and cutting-edge AI capabilities into a forward-leaning incubator, known as GenWar Lab, that leverages advanced AI and large language model capabilities to support the warga...
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October 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
APL is bringing the power of AI and advanced analytics to wargaming. GenWar Lab leverages advanced AI and LLM capabilities to support the wargames and tabletop exercises that enable military decision-makers to explore dynamic and wide-ranging mission scenarios. https://jhuapl.link/598
APL researchers are applying quantum algorithms to accelerate complex analysis tasks that challenge classical computing, advancing next-generation approaches to information operations. https://jhuapl.link/06t
Johns Hopkins APL Takes a Quantum Approach to Tracking Online Trends
APL researchers have demonstrated that a quantum algorithm can be used to speed up an information analysis task that classical computers struggle to perform.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
APL researchers are applying quantum algorithms to accelerate complex analysis tasks that challenge classical computing, advancing next-generation approaches to information operations. https://jhuapl.link/06t
Researchers from APL and Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering discovered that conventional image quality metrics don't reliably predict AI performance. The team developed a framework to enable the creation of metrics that better explain AI performance. https://jhuapl.link/published
Journals and Conference Proceedings
Research from APL experts is published in a number of peer-reviewed journals and in conference proceedings. Explore some highlights of our work.
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October 16, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Researchers from APL and Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering discovered that conventional image quality metrics don't reliably predict AI performance. The team developed a framework to enable the creation of metrics that better explain AI performance. https://jhuapl.link/published
Researchers at Johns Hopkins APL and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health are developing next-gen organoid platforms to study how repeated low-level blasts and other forms of brain trauma affect the brain, advancing protection and care for military personnel. https://jhuapl.link/026
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 tra...
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October 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Researchers at Johns Hopkins APL and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health are developing next-gen organoid platforms to study how repeated low-level blasts and other forms of brain trauma affect the brain, advancing protection and care for military personnel. https://jhuapl.link/026
Johns Hopkins APL engineers adapted battlefield-tested AI and upstream data fusion to enhance the precision and speed of breast cancer detection. Learn how combining multimodal data streams is revolutionizing diagnostic imaging.
Watch the full video: https://jhuapl.link/cjf
Watch the full video: https://jhuapl.link/cjf
October 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Johns Hopkins APL engineers adapted battlefield-tested AI and upstream data fusion to enhance the precision and speed of breast cancer detection. Learn how combining multimodal data streams is revolutionizing diagnostic imaging.
Watch the full video: https://jhuapl.link/cjf
Watch the full video: https://jhuapl.link/cjf
APL’s BAS/CS framework is helping secure critical infrastructure by standardizing alerts across cybersecurity systems and vendors. The system is already in use by military operators. https://jhuapl.link/f47
Standardizing Cyber Analytics to Secure Critical Infrastructure
A Johns Hopkins APL team has developed a framework for standardizing alerts transmitted by cybersecurity systems defending critical infrastructure, dramatically improving the efficiency with which the...
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October 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
APL’s BAS/CS framework is helping secure critical infrastructure by standardizing alerts across cybersecurity systems and vendors. The system is already in use by military operators. https://jhuapl.link/f47
Researchers have touted the revolutionary potential of quantum computers to take on challenges from drug discovery to cryptography. With help from Johns Hopkins APL, DARPA is working to define, in practical terms, what a useful quantum computer looks like. https://jhuapl.link/08s
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 ...
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September 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Researchers have touted the revolutionary potential of quantum computers to take on challenges from drug discovery to cryptography. With help from Johns Hopkins APL, DARPA is working to define, in practical terms, what a useful quantum computer looks like. https://jhuapl.link/08s
NASA’s IMAP mission lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 at 7:30 a.m. EDT. Led by Princeton and operated by APL, IMAP will explore the heliosphere and provide critical data for space weather forecasting, which will help protect spacecraft, satellites and human explorers. https://jhuapl.link/d11
NASA Launches IMAP Mission to Study the Heliosphere and Better Understand Space Weather
NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 7:30 a.m. EDT.
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September 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
NASA’s IMAP mission lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 at 7:30 a.m. EDT. Led by Princeton and operated by APL, IMAP will explore the heliosphere and provide critical data for space weather forecasting, which will help protect spacecraft, satellites and human explorers. https://jhuapl.link/d11