![APL's compact free-space optics system](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20171024b_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Aug 24, 2017
APL Demonstrates High-Bandwidth Communications Capability at Sea
A team of engineers from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Maryland, has successfully demonstrated a high-bandwidth, free-space optical (FSO) communications system between two moving ships, proving operational utility of FSO technology in the maritime environment.
![RAVAN CubeSAT](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20170824_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Aug 24, 2017
Johns Hopkins APL’s RAVAN Takes Second Place at AIAA SmallSat Awards
The Radiometer Assessment using Vertically Aligned Nanotubes (RAVAN) CubeSat, led by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, placed second in the “Mission of the Year” award voting at the 31st Annual American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and Utah State University Small Satellite Conference held in Logan, Utah, August 5–10, 2017.
![Dragonfly: Titan Rotorcraft Lander](/sites/default/files/2023-02/Cover-Dragonfly-Proposal.jpg)
Press Release
Aug 23, 2017
Johns Hopkins APL’s ‘Dragonfly’ Dual-Quadcopter Aims to Explore Titan, Saturn’s Largest Moon
Dragonfly, a New Frontiers-class mission concept that the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory has proposed to NASA, would use an instrumented, radioisotope-powered, dual-quadcopter to explore potential habitable sites where life could be developed on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan.
![RAVAN](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20170809b_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Aug 9, 2017
RAVAN CubeSat Measures Earth’s Outgoing Energy
An experimental small satellite — led by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland — has successfully collected and delivered data on a key measurement for predicting changes in Earth’s climate.
![Gary Roughead (left) and Christine Fox](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20170809_imagecomposite.jpg)
Press Release
Aug 9, 2017
Johns Hopkins APL Board Member Roughead, Assistant Director Fox Appointed to Commission on the National Defense Strategy
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) Board of Managers member Adm. (Ret.) Gary Roughead, former Chief of Naval Operations, and APL Assistant Director for Policy and Analysis Christine Fox, formerly the acting Deputy Secretary of Defense, have been selected to serve on the Commission on the National Defense Strategy for the United States, a new panel of national security experts appointed by Congress to make recommendations for the nation’s defense strategy.
![From left, INCOSE Fellows Committee Chair Dorothy McKinney and INCOSE President Alan Harding present a Fellows plaque to APL’s Ron Luman](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20170801_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Aug 1, 2017
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab Chief of Staff Selected as INCOSE Fellow
The International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) has selected Ron Luman, the Chief of Staff of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, as an INCOSE Fellow.
![Cecil Haney and Sarah O'Hagan](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20170728b_imagecomp.jpg)
Press Release
Jul 28, 2017
Cecil Haney, Sarah O’Hagan Join Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Board of Managers
Retired Navy Admiral Cecil Haney and international strategic adviser Sarah O’Hagan have joined the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory’s Board of Managers.
![Scott Murchie and Barry Mauk](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20170728_imagecomposite.jpg)
Press Release
Jul 28, 2017
APL Scientists Named as American Geophysical Union Fellows
Barry Mauk and Scott Murchie, scientists in the Space Exploration Sector of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, were among 61 individuals named as Fellows of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), an honor given to AGU members who have made exceptional contributions and gained prominence in the Earth and space sciences.
![From left, Vice Adm. Joseph Tofalo, Rear Adm. Fritz Roegge, Rear Adm. (Sel) Bill Merz, Rear Adm. Moises Deltoro III, and George Drakeley III](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20170706_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Jul 6, 2017
29th 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.
![DART: Hitting An Asteroid Head On](/sites/default/files/2023-02/Cover-Hitting-Asteroid-Head-On.jpg)
Press Release
Jun 30, 2017
NASA’s First Asteroid Deflection Mission Enters Next Design Phase at Johns Hopkins APL
The first-ever mission to demonstrate an asteroid deflection technique for planetary defense — the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), which is being designed and would be built and managed by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory — is moving from concept development to preliminary design phase, following NASA’s approval on June 23.