![Adm. Frank Caldwell, USN — director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20180606_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Jun 6, 2018
Sub Tech Symposium Looks to the Future
For the last three decades, the Submarine Technology Symposium (STS) has served as a platform for collaboration and an open forum for addressing key technology challenges affecting submarines and undersea systems.
![Staff members from APL collected more than 15,000 books for children living below the poverty line](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20180530_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
May 30, 2018
APL’s Air and Missile Defense Sector Sponsors Charity “Book Battle” to Support Local Children
Staff members from the Air and Missile Defense Sector (AMDS) at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, have collected more than 15,000 books for children living below the poverty line in the local area.
![Members of the MESSENGER mission team](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20180521_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
May 21, 2018
NASA Honors Mercury Mission Team
On April 30, 2015, the MESSENGER spacecraft — its science mission complete and its fuel exhausted — slammed into the surface of Mercury, forever becoming part of the planet it orbited and examined for more than four years.
![Sylvie DeLaHunt](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20180521b_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
May 21, 2018
DeLaHunt Honored by JHU Diversity Leadership Council
Sylvie DeLaHunt, a guidance, navigation and control engineer in the Air and Missile Defense Department, was among those honored at the Johns Hopkins Diversity Leadership Council’s 16th annual Diversity Recognition Awards, held May 15 on JHU’s Homewood campus.
![The APL Ground Truth team](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20180516_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
May 16, 2018
APL Wins DARPA Contract to Uncover Hidden Ground Truth in Social Phenomena
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, a performer role in the Ground Truth Program to test whether state-of-the-art social science modeling methods can uncover hidden “ground truth” in simulated but complex social systems.
![Adam Freeman, Konstantinos Gerasopoulos and Christopher Hoffman](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20180507_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
May 7, 2018
In a Celebration of Bold Innovation, Johns Hopkins APL Honors Top Inventions, Discoveries and Technical Achievements
A breakthrough flexible, cuttable, submersible and bulletproof lithium-ion battery was announced as the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory’s Invention of the Year at the annual APL Achievement Awards ceremony on April 24 on APL’s campus in Laurel, Maryland.
![Sony's Nightmare Before Christmas](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20180425_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Apr 25, 2018
APL Analysts Examine Sony’s Cyber ‘Nightmare’
The National Security Analysis Department at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, recently released a report outlining the timeline and impact of North Korea’s 2014 cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment.
![Paul L. Oostburg Sanz](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20180412_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Apr 12, 2018
Paul L. Oostburg Sanz Named General Counsel at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, has named Paul L. Oostburg Sanz as general counsel.
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Press Release
Apr 6, 2018
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory Report Advises on Planning for School Safety and Security Technologies
No matter where you land in the debate over school safety, many experts agree that no single solution is best for all schools. But according to researchers from Johns Hopkins University, schools and systems can take a similarly sound approach to deciding what safety improvements to make and how to make them.
![Avril Haines](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20180406_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Apr 6, 2018
Former Deputy National Security Adviser Avril Haines Named Senior Fellow at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Former Deputy National Security Adviser Avril Haines has joined the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, as a Senior Fellow.