Stephen Lewia, who joined Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in 2012, has been appointed mission area executive for strategic deterrence at the Maryland-based research and development organization. He most recently served as deputy mission area executive at APL’s force projection sector, where he coordinated internal operations and oversaw technical reviews and reports for laboratory sponsors, APL […] More

Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory has conceptualized a new smartphone-based emergency alert technology that works to provide location-specific notifications to users. The lab said Wednesday the Arbitrary-Size Location-Aware Targeting concept utilizes geolocation technologies to boost the alerts’ accuracy of delivery. “ASLAT uses the location awareness of wireless devices — their internal knowledge of where they are […] More

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a grant to Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute for the development of tools that detect the onset of age-related macular degeneration. The lab said Tuesday the research team will utilize machine learning and image analysis technology to detect lesions in the retina and facilitate […] More

Lisa Blodgett, formerly mission area executive for sea control at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, has been appointed to lead the APL’s force projection sector. APL said Monday Blodgett will succeed Dan Tyler, who will retire from the laboratory after 45 years of service, and be responsible for the precision strike, sea control and […] More

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory will develop a retinal prosthesis system with $4 million in funding from Mann Fund. The lab will will work with Second Sight Medical Products Inc. to embed vision and eye tracking sensors into the glasses for the system to identify obstacles, doorways, hallways and objects within a household, Johns Hopkins APL said […] More

James Miller, formerly defense undersecretary for policy, has joined Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory as a senior fellow. Miller brings to the lab a background in nuclear deterrence, missile defense, space policy and cyber warfare, APL said Friday. He served as the principal civilian adviser to the defense secretary on strategy, policy and operations and also as deputy […] More

Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory says it has experienced record growth for initiatives to move its scientific discoveries into the commercial sector in 2014. APL said Wednesday it signed 77 license agreements covering lab-developed technologies this year, up from 40 technology license deals recorded a year ago. The number of invention disclosures from the […] More

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has awarded Northrop Grumman a $3 million contract to supply the navigational system for NASA’s Solar Probe Plus satellite. Northrop will build the Scalable Space Inertial Reference Unit to help the robotic shuttle stay on its flight path using the company’s hemispherical resonator gyro technology, Northrop said Tuesday. Bob Mehltretter, vice president for […] More

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory looks to receive a National Science Foundation grant to continue its observation missions using an Iridium satellite constellation, SpaceNews reported Monday. Dan Leone writes Johns Hopkins APL is eyeing the 66-satellite Next constellation Iridium plans to launch between 2015 and 2017 under the second phase of APL’s Active Magnetosphere […] More

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has recognized a technological invention for predicting new viruses along with other publications and research. Andrew Feldman and Jeffrey Lin of the Research and Exploratory Development Department won the Invention of the Year for 2013 award for their method of developing vaccines for a short period and forecasting […] More

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory is sponsoring a marathon-style event designed to help NASA develop mobile applications and other technology for space program use. APL and interactive platform developer Bolster Labs will co-host NASA’s platform coding and design contest in the Baltimore-Washington region on April 12 and 13, APL said Thursday. NASA seeks […] More

Eight collegiate cyber defense teams will participate in the 2014 National CyberWatch Center Mid-Atlantic Regional Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition next week at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland. JHUAPL said Wednesday that this year’s simulated scenario will have professional security experts pose as cyber terrorists and conduct attacks intended to disturb relief efforts of a disaster aid distribution […] More