![Stephen Lewia](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20160106_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Jan 6, 2016
Johns Hopkins APL Names Stephen Lewia Mission Area Executive
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, has named Stephen Lewia as Strategic Deterrence Mission Area Executive. Strategic Deterrence is one of three mission areas within the Lab’s Force Projection Sector.
![Linda Moniz, Anna Buczak, and Erhan Guven](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20160104_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Jan 4, 2016
Johns Hopkins APL Team Visits Washington, D.C., for Dengue Prediction Challenge Win
Research from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, into better methods of predicting outbreaks of the mosquito-borne dengue virus was selected for presentation in September at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building — part of the White House complex.
![Members of APL's Cycling Club ride their bikes](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20151216_image1_lg_0.jpg)
Press Release
Dec 16, 2015
APL Awarded Silver Bicycle Friendly Business Award
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, was awarded a Bicycle Friendly Business silver award by the League of American Bicyclists on Dec. 9.
![Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20151211c_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Dec 11, 2015
Aegis Ashore System Successfully Intercepts Target Missile at Pacific Test Range
Engineers from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, in cooperation with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and U.S. Navy, played a key role in the first intercept flight test of the Aegis Ashore system, resulting in the successful intercept and destruction of a ballistic missile target at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF).
![ASPIRE intern and Centennial High School Student Kelly White works with her mentor Mario Stalker of Johns Hopkins APL](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20151211b_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Dec 11, 2015
Johns Hopkins APL’s ASPIRE Program Welcomes Record 100 High School Students for 2015–2016 School Year
A record 100 high school students are working at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, this fall through APL’s Student Program to Inspire, Relate and Enrich, known as ASPIRE.
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Press Release
Dec 11, 2015
Johns Hopkins APL Plays Key Role in Complex Operational Test of Missile Defense Agency Ballistic Missile Defense System
Engineers from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, in cooperation with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), the U.S. Navy, U.S. European Command and U.S. Pacific Command, played a key role in an MDA Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) operational test event.
![Brett Denevi (left) and Robert Armiger (pictured right)](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20151124_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Nov 24, 2015
APL’s Denevi, Armiger Earn Top Scientist, Engineer Honors from Maryland Academy of Sciences
The Maryland Academy of Sciences named the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory’s (APL) Brett Denevi and Robert Armiger Outstanding Young Scientist and Outstanding Young Engineer, respectively, during a ceremony Nov. 18 at the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore.
![Projected route of NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft toward 2014 MU69](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20151105_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Nov 5, 2015
NASA’s New Horizons Completes Record-Setting Kuiper Belt Targeting Maneuvers
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has successfully performed the last in a series of four targeting maneuvers that set it on course for a January 2019 encounter with 2014 MU69.
![Ron Luman (left) and David Dolling](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20151027_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Oct 27, 2015
Ron Luman Inducted to George Washington University’s Engineering Hall of Fame
APL Chief of Staff Ron Luman was among seven distinguished alumni inducted into George Washington University’s Engineering Hall of Fame Thursday, Oct. 22.
![Remembering Robert Farquhar](/sites/default/files/2023-02/Cover-Remembering-Robert-Farquhar.jpg)
Press Release
Oct 21, 2015
Robert Farquhar, “Grand Master” of Celestial Maneuvers, Dies at Age 83
Robert W. Farquhar (Ret. 2007), a planetary pioneer who designed some of the most esoteric and complex spacecraft trajectories ever attempted, died from complications following a respiratory illness at his home in Burke, Virginia, on Oct. 18.