News Releases

Frontier-X, a breakthrough space communications technology developed at APL, was selected as a 2024 R&D 100 Awards winner as one of the top 100 innovations pushing the boundaries of research and development. Frontier-X, which debuted in 2023, is capable of receiving and transmitting signals in multiple frequencies while using less space and power than a previous APL-developed system called Frontier Radio, which has been a critical component for Laboratory-built space missions that have studied the Sun and revealed the mysteries of Pluto.

A new Johns Hopkins APL-led study shows how machine learning can be used to predict the microstructures produced by a widely used additive manufacturing technique. This novel approach promises to dramatically reduce the cost of and time spent developing materials with tailored physical properties and will soon be implemented on a NASA-funded effort focused on creation of a digital twin.

A research team led by APL quantum information scientist Gregory Quiroz and partners at five institutions has earned a competitive quantum computing award from the Department of Energy to engineer potentially game-changing open-source software systems to propel scientific discoveries. The award builds on the team’s previous success designing software that combats errors hampering the performance of today’s quantum computers.

Three members of APL’s Space Exploration Sector have been named 2025 associate fellows by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).

The APL Women in Technology (AWiT) affinity group has earned the Gold Mission Recognition Award from the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), marking the group’s fourth Gold honor and fifth consecutive Mission Award.

Sylvie DeLaHunt, an aerospace engineer and assistant supervisor of APL’s Discovery Program, has been named the recipient of two prestigious awards — the Society of Women Engineers Emerging Advocate Award and the Women in Aerospace Initiative, Inspiration, Impact Award.

APL engineer Marissa Galfond has been honored with the Women in Aerospace 2024 Outstanding Achievement Award for her technical contributions and leadership in the development of a revolutionary weapon-survivability modeling and simulation software application.

As the Navy continues to develop and deploy autonomous systems at sea, Johns Hopkins APL researchers are lending their expertise and insights to rapidly integrate, test and assess low-cost uncrewed maritime systems.

NASA’s first mission to image the magnetic fingerprint of the auroral electrojets is now on pace for launch in 2025.