Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Industrial Torch Fuels Faster Development of Materials for Extreme Environments

Engineers at Johns Hopkins APL have demonstrated a fast, low-cost way to screen materials for extreme aerospace environments using a common industrial torch, helping developers narrow promising ...
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Hopkins Collaboration Expands Access to Maritime Testing and Advanced Sensing

Students from the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering (WSE) collaborated with researchers at Johns Hopkins APL to ...
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Paxton Elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union

Johns Hopkins APL’s Larry Paxton has been elected a fellow of the American Geophysical Union. Throughout his career, Paxton has helped deepen scientists’ understanding of Earth’s upper atmosphere ...
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Space-Based Interceptor

In 2025, the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command selected APL to serve as technical direction agent (TDA) for the Space Force’s Space-Based Interceptor (SBI) program, in support of Golden Dome ...
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Fieldable Quantum Sensors Could Revolutionize Warfighter Safety

Chemical and biological threats in contested environments come in myriad, ever-evolving forms — and scientists at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, are developing ...