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  • Johns Hopkins Participants in Mercury Mission Receive NASA Recognition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Johns Hopkins Participants in Mercury Mission Receive NASA Recognition

    NASA has granted its Group Achievement Award to Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory personnel and external partners who contributed to a Mercury mission that concluded three years ago. The MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging, or MESSENGER, mission, which was intended to orbit and examine the planet Mercury, lasted for over four years […] More

  • NASA's Solar Probe to Undergo Final Assembly, Tests at Astrotech Facility in Florida - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA’s Solar Probe to Undergo Final Assembly, Tests at Astrotech Facility in Florida

    A solar probe Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory designed and built for NASA has arrived at Lockheed Martin‘s Astrotech Space Operations facility in Florida to begin pre-launch tests and preparations. APL said Thursday the Parker Solar Probe is scheduled to lift off July 31 at the Kennedy Space Center to study the sun’s outer atmosphere over […] More

  • Former CIA Deputy Director Avril Haines Named Johns Hopkins APL Senior Fellow - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former CIA Deputy Director Avril Haines Named Johns Hopkins APL Senior Fellow

    Avril Haines, who served as deputy director at the CIA and deputy national security adviser during the Obama administration, has been named a senior fellow at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. She will join other national security and space experts who collaborate with the laboratory’s technical professionals to advise U.S. military leaders and senior government officials on […] More

  • BullFrog Licenses Johns Hopkins APL-Built Data Analysis Tool Via DHS Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BullFrog Licenses Johns Hopkins APL-Built Data Analysis Tool Via DHS Program

    Artificial intelligence company BullFrog AI has licensed a data analysis tool developed by Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory through the Department of Homeland Security‘s Transition to Practice Program. The licensing agreement grants BullFrog exclusive rights to use the Socrates data analysis platform for biopharmaceutical applications, DHS said Thursday. Socrates is built to determine patterns and relationships in large-scale and complex data sets […] More

  • Air Force Vet Lisa Disbrow Appointed Johns Hopkins APL Senior Fellow - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Vet Lisa Disbrow Appointed Johns Hopkins APL Senior Fellow

    Lisa Disbrow, former undersecretary and acting secretary of the U.S. Air Force, has been named a senior fellow at the Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory. She will work with APL’s technical professionals to help inform policy and technology decisionmaking in the U.S. government and military, the laboratory said Tuesday. Disbrow managed nearly 660,000 airmen and USAF’s […] More

  • Johns Hopkins APL Licenses Govt-Funded Explosive Detection Canine Training Aid to Gallant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Johns Hopkins APL Licenses Govt-Funded Explosive Detection Canine Training Aid to Gallant

    Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has developed and licensed a tool for training canine teams to detect peroxide-based homemade explosives. APL said Monday it granted Gallant Technologies rights to produce and market the government-funded canine training aid through a licensing agreement. “Technologies like these will help prevent and deter devastating attacks, and facilitate the ongoing development […] More

  • SPA Adds Former Stratcom Chief Cecil Haney to Board; William Vantine Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SPA Adds Former Stratcom Chief Cecil Haney to Board; William Vantine Comments

    Cecil Haney, a retired U.S. Navy admiral and former head of the U.S. Strategic Command, has joined Systems Planning and Analysis‘ board of directors. SPA CEO and President William Vantine said in a press release that Haney brings to the company his experience in military operations, defense acquisition, nuclear deterrence, missile defense, space, cyber and plans, policy and requirements. […] More

  • NASA Picks Johns Hopkins APL to Build Instrument for Japan-Led Mars Lunar Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Picks Johns Hopkins APL to Build Instrument for Japan-Led Mars Lunar Mission

    NASA has chosen Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory to develop a gamma-ray and neutron spectrometer in support of Japan’s mission to two Martian moons. JHUAPL said Friday it will work with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency to build the MEGANE instrument for the Martian Moons eXploration mission that is set to launch in 2024. […] More

  • Johns Hopkins Laser Communications Platform Wins TechConnect Defense Innovation Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Johns Hopkins Laser Communications Platform Wins TechConnect Defense Innovation Award

    Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has been recognized at the 2017 Defense Innovation Summit in Tampa, Florida for its high-bandwidth, free space optical communications system. The APL laser communications system landed TechConnect‘s defense innovation award which recognizes potential benefits of technologies to national and warfighter security, Johns Hopkins said Tuesday. JHUAPL also had an opportunity […] More

  • General Atomics’ Chris Pehrson to Speak at TTC UAS Symposium - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics’ Chris Pehrson to Speak at TTC UAS Symposium

    Chris Pehrson, vice president for Defense Department strategic development at General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business, will serve as a guest speaker at Technology Training Corp.-hosted Unmanned Aircraft Systems East for Defense and Government symposium that will kick off Saturday, Nov. 7, in Washington, D.C. Pehrson is one of the 24 guest presenters who will discuss emerging […] More

  • Robert Work Named Johns Hopkins APL Senior Fellow - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Robert Work Named Johns Hopkins APL Senior Fellow

    Robert Work, a 27-year U.S. Marine Corps veteran and former deputy secretary of the Defense Department, has been named a senior fellow at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. He will work with other APL senior fellows and technical professionals in efforts to help inform policy and technology decisions issued by U.S. senior government and military officials, […] More

  • Johns Hopkins APL to Conduct Soldier Vulnerability Research for Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Johns Hopkins APL to Conduct Soldier Vulnerability Research for Army

    Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory has won a potential five-year, $49.5 million contract from the U.S. Army to study soldiers’ vulnerability in extreme environments. The Army Contracting Command received 999 bids for the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract via an online-based solicitation process, the Defense Department said Thursday. APL is scheduled to complete the research by Sept. 30, 2022. More