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Systems Engineering
Foundational expertise in systems engineering
Johns Hopkins APL has been developing systems since day one, and our world-class expertise in systems engineering is applied to solve problems that are more complex and difficult than other organizations can address.
Since our founding in 1942, we have made critical contributions to critical challenges across a broad range of technical areas and systems. These accomplishments are based on our application of systems engineering principles and practices, tightly coupled with broad domain knowledge in the operational environments of these systems.
From developing systems in extreme environments to applying systems engineering principles to fields such as health care and artificial intelligence, we take on the role of problem solver for the nation’s most critical challenges.
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Dynamic Simulation
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Enhanced Mapping and Positioning System (EMAPS)
![Artist's rendering of the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (Credit: (U.S. Air Force)](/sites/default/files/2022-12/IMG_Projects_GBSD_220405-F-AF000-1309.png)
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![Erik Johnson, a machine learning researcher at Johns Hopkins APL, demonstrating how agents are evaluated for lifelong learning on ISC-developed L2Explorer.](/sites/default/files/2023-10/Project-Lifelong-Learning-Machines.jpg)
Lifelong Learning Machines
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Modeling Warfighter Decision-Making
![Aircraft in flight (Credit: U.S. Navy)](/sites/default/files/2023-01/IMG_Projects_Next-Generation-Jammer.jpg)
Next Generation Jammer
![M1200 Armored Knight (Credit: U.S. Army/Sgt. Richard Daniels Jr.)](/sites/default/files/2023-01/IMG_Projects_Precision_Targeting.jpg)
Precision Targeting
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Rapid Prototyping for Launcher Training
![Neil Fendley, machine learning researcher, demonstrates a backdoor adversarial attack he embedded in a computer vision application.](/sites/default/files/2023-10/Project-Robust-Resilient-AI.jpg)
Robust and Resilient Artificial Intelligence
![Helicopter (Credit: U.S. Marine Corps)](/sites/default/files/2022-12/IMG_Projects_Helicopter_Communications.jpg)
Senior Leader Helicopter Communications
![A team of APL engineers, working with the Missile Defense Agency and sailors aboard USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53), an Aegis baseline 9.C1 equipped destroyer, successfully fired a salvo of two SM-6 Dual I missiles against a complex medium-range ballistic missile target, demonstrating the Sea Based Terminal endo-atmospheric defensive capability and meeting the test’s primary objective. (Credit: MDA)](/sites/default/files/2022-12/IMG_Projects_SM3-NextGeneration.jpg)
Standard Missile-3: The Next Generation
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Submarine Survivability Program
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