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Apr 11, 2025
Dave Van Wie Named Next Director of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Dave Van Wie has been selected to lead Johns Hopkins APL as its next director. Van Wie, currently the Air and Missile Defense Sector Head at APL, is a distinguished leader and scholar whose groundbreaking contributions to national defense and aerospace engineering have significantly advanced our nation’s security. His appointment is effective July 14.
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Apr 7, 2025
Johns Hopkins APL Team Applies Expertise to Homeland Defense Wargame
A team from APL played a central role in a recent Defense Department wargame that addressed the challenges of protecting logistics infrastructure against growing adversarial threats.
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Apr 3, 2025
Training Robots to Plan and React Like Humans
Johns Hopkins APL researchers are advancing robotic perception by using artificial intelligence to equip autonomous agents with the capacity to make sense of unstructured environments — and make plans just like humans.
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Apr 2, 2025
Johns Hopkins APL, Microsoft Collaborate to Advance Robotics and Materials Discovery Using AI
APL and Microsoft are partnering to advance robotics and materials discovery by leveraging artificial intelligence (AI).
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Mar 25, 2025
Parker Solar Probe Team Wins 2024 Collier Trophy
The innovative team of engineers and scientists from NASA, Johns Hopkins APL and more than 40 other partner organizations across the country that created the revolutionary Parker Solar Probe has been awarded the 2024 Robert J. Collier Trophy by the National Aeronautic Association.