About
Critical Contributions to Critical Challenges
Johns Hopkins APL is a not-for-profit university affiliated research center (UARC) that solves complex research, engineering, and analytical problems that present critical challenges to our nation.
Our scientists, engineers, and analysts serve as trusted advisors and technical experts to the government, ensuring the reliability of complex technologies that safeguard our nation’s security and advance the frontiers of space. We also maintain independent research and development programs that pioneer and explore emerging technologies and concepts to address future national priorities.
Mission
APL’s 13 mission areas are organized and equipped to meet unique sponsor and mission needs, providing them with dedicated, on-call engineering, scientific, and analytical expertise.
Impact
We combine creativity and technical expertise with a culture of risk-taking, tackling increasingly difficult challenges with impacts across multiple domains.
Expertise
The complex challenges of today’s world demand new technologies that can keep us safer and take us farther. To meet these challenges and maintain the nation’s defensive edge, APL calls upon its deep expertise in a number of technical domains, both cutting-edge and foundational.
Core Values
From the challenges we pursue to the way we overcome them, we are guided in our actions by our core values.
Defining Innovations
Game-changing breakthroughs in technology, developed by APL.
Work
We develop technologies and capabilities that serve national priorities and expand the frontiers of science.
Careers
Design Your Future at APL
We are looking to create defining innovations that ensure our nation’s preeminence in the 21st century. It won’t be easy, but that’s why we think APL is a great place to work. We know the fun and fulfillment that comes from surmounting difficult challenges together.