Mission Area
Strategic Deterrence
Building on six decades of vital contributions to the U.S. Navy’s Fleet Ballistic Missile program, Johns Hopkins APL’s Strategic Deterrence Mission Area is transforming strategic systems from their legacy nuclear mission to a broad set of responses to current and future national security challenges.
We demonstrate expertise in system development, testing, and evaluation for the SSBN mission and are applying that knowledge to the critical, newly expanded roles of strategic systems in our nation’s defense.
Leadership
Highlights
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![An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test Sept. 5, 2016, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Peterson)]()
Learn more about Dynamic SimulationDynamic Simulation
With the clock ticking down to the first Minuteman III test flight to feature a miniature analog translator (MAT)—developed and built by APL to replace the obsolete full signal translator (FST) used for real-time range tracking and GPS signal data on prior test flights—qualification tests identified a need to change a configuration file in the MAT ground equipment. -
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Learn more about Ground-Based Strategic DeterrentGround-Based Strategic Deterrent
APL has a significant evaluation role in the Air Force program to replace the aging Minuteman III system. -
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Learn more about Rapid PrototypingRapid Prototyping
We improved on training aids by rapidly and cost-effectively prototyping an interactive pressurization valve for missile tube launcher training.
Recent News
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Learn more about Johns Hopkins APL, Medicine Researchers Apply Data Fusion to Improve Breast Cancer DetectionPress Release
Sep 8, 2020Johns Hopkins APL, Medicine Researchers Apply Data Fusion to Improve Breast Cancer Detection
Researchers at APL are collaborating with radiologists from Johns Hopkins Medicine to develop an upstream data fusion (UDF) method — leveraging artificial intelligence — that promises to significantly improve the accuracy of breast cancer screening. -
![APL has collaborated with Purdue University on the Boundary Layer Transition (BOLT) Experiments, partnering with Purdue professors, researchers and graduate students on the project and utilizing Purdue’s unique facilities and wind tunnels.]()
Learn more about Johns Hopkins APL and Purdue University Establish Partnership Focused on HypersonicsPress Release
Jun 25, 2020Johns Hopkins APL and Purdue University Establish Partnership Focused on Hypersonics
APL and Purdue University have signed an agreement that will allow both institutions to harness one another’s capabilities and expertise in the field of hypersonics. -
![From left, Vice Adm. Joseph Tofalo, Rear Adm. Fritz Roegge, Rear Adm. (Sel) Bill Merz, Rear Adm. Moises Deltoro III, and George Drakeley III]()
Learn more about 29th SubTech Symposium Focuses on Undersea Challenges and Innovative SolutionsPress Release
Jul 6, 201729th SubTech Symposium Focuses on Undersea Challenges and Innovative Solutions
Since its inception nearly three decades ago, the Submarine Technology Symposium — co-hosted by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory and the Naval Submarine League — has served as a prime platform for collaboration, addressing technology challenges that affect the future of the undersea domain.
