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Johns Hopkins APL Pioneering Digital Calibration to Create ‘Born-Qualified’ Parts

APL is developing a comprehensive suite of capabilities to ensure that additively manufactured parts can perform predictably in mission-critical applications — no matter where, when, or on what ...
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‘ATLAS’ System Lifts Johns Hopkins APL Leadership in Automated Experimentation

An interdisciplinary team at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, has applied artificial intelligence to automate microcapsule experimentation. This has reduced the ...
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Simulating the Seas to Make Additive Manufacturing Fleet-Ready

Johns Hopkins APL and GKN Aerospace are partnering to develop a system that simulates shipboard motion for metal 3D printing at sea — advancing the Navy’s ability to produce critical parts on demand.
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Researchers Engineer Cold-Tolerant Proteins to Give U.S. an Arctic Edge

Researchers at Johns Hopkins APL, inspired by biomolecules found in cold-tolerant organisms, are developing novel materials ...
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MDA, Johns Hopkins APL Demonstrate Low-Cost Approach to Missile Defense Testing

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and APL have successfully demonstrated a new, lower-cost approach to national missile defense testing validating that commercially operated rockets can support rapid, ...
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Johns Hopkins APL Expertise Supports New Navy Jammer

An updated jammer was developed for the U.S. Navy with advice and expertise from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, which worked with government and industry to ...
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NASA and Johns Hopkins APL Demonstrate First-of-Its-Kind Space Communications

NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Program and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, have successfully tested wideband technology that allows spacecraft to ...
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NASA Selects Johns Hopkins APL-Developed CINEMA Mission to Study Space Weather

NASA has selected Dartmouth College and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, to begin developing a mission that will shed more light on the growing impacts of space ...
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Johns Hopkins APL and Intuitive Machines Advance the Nation’s Cislunar Communications and Navigation

As countries around the world shift their attention to the Moon and the space surrounding it, the United States is making it a priority to establish a long-term lunar presence, recognizing that ...
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Johns Hopkins Team Breaks Through Quantum Noise

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have achieved a breakthrough in quantum noise characterization in ...
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New Robotic Arm Opens Doors to Explore Future of Maritime Repair

APL recently installed a RAMLAB MaxQ robot to enable research that will help bolster the maritime industrial base. Credit: Johns Hopkins APL To enable research into strengthening the nation’s maritime ...