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USNORTHCOM Commander’s Visit Spotlights Johns Hopkins APL’s Proactive Role in Homeland Defense
Pictured, from left, Dave Van Wie, Air and Missile Defense Sector head and incoming Lab director, is joined by Rebecca Zimmerman, an AMDS senior strategist for homeland defense, to welcome Gen.
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Johns Hopkins APL, Navy Team up to Advance Additive Manufacturing for Critical Missions | Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Sailors aboard the Virginia-class attack submarine USS Texas prepare to depart Portsmouth Naval Shipyard after critical repairs and system upgrades. As the Navy works to enhance fleet readiness and ...
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Lunar Vertex - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Unlike Earth, the Moon doesn’t have a global magnetic field. Instead, it has local patches of magnetized crustal rocks, called “magnetic anomalies.” Lunar Vertex will be the first mission to find out ...
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AI Reveals New Way to Strengthen Titanium Alloys and Speed Up Manufacturing
Brendan Croom, a senior materials scientist at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, is pictured in APL’s X-ray Computed Tomography Laboratory, where high-resolution imaging helps researchers ...
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NASA Authorizes Dragonfly Mission to Proceed With Estimated 2028 Launch Readiness Date - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
NASA’s Dragonfly mission team is moving on to the next stage of development on the revolutionary, car-sized nuclear-powered drone it plans to fly over and land on the organic-rich sands of Saturn’s ...
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Shape-Shifting Antenna Poised to Transform Communications
By leveraging cutting-edge additive manufacturing techniques and shape memory alloys, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, have created an antenna ...
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Johns Hopkins APL’s Augmented Reality Toolbox Helps Army Improve Situational Awareness - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
At the 36th Space Symposium, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Lt. Col. Joe Mroszczyk (left), an active-duty space operations officer on assignment at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), ...
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Women in Aerospace Lauds Johns Hopkins APL’s Mosavi-Hoyer for Outreach Leadership - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Nelli Mosavi-Hoyer, an engineer and project manager with the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, was recognized with Women in Aerospace’s 2023 Aerospace Awareness Award ...
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Framework Developed by Johns Hopkins APL, Think Tank Assesses AI Impact - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in collaboration with the nonprofit, nonpartisan Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP), published a framework to guide regulators as they ...
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Lunar Vertex: Solving Mysteries Swirling Around the Moon’s Magnetic Regions - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Artist’s impression of the Lunar Vertex rover on the surface of the Moon. Equipped with a magnetometer and microscopic camera, the solar-powered rover will leave the Lunar Vertex lander to explore up ...
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Nano-engineered Thermoelectrics Enable Scalable, Compressor-Free Cooling | Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
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 ...
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DART Mission Heats Up, Enters Environmental Testing
In its Pre-Environmental Review (PER), held Jan. 7, 8 and 11, the DART team presented a comprehensive overview of the mission to a panel of NASA and APL experts and independent evaluators at the Johns ...