Unlike Earth, the Moon doesn’t have a global magnetic field. Instead, it has local patches of magnetized crustal rocks, called “magnetic anomalies.” Lunar Vertex will be the first mission to find out ...

Gen. Gregory Guillot, Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, saw firsthand how APL’s ...

APL is working with the Naval Sea Systems Command to prove that additive manufacturing can consistently deliver ...

APL’s Conference Services team manages scheduling for spaces on APL’s main campus. A variety of events and conferences are ...

Designing, building, and applying new technologies—especially those that include artificial intelligence—can be a double-edged sword: powerful and enabling on the one hand, but potentially biased and ...

The ASPIRE application period for 2025 has closed. All students, regardless of acceptance, will be notified of their status by May 15. The ASPIRE internship application cannot be saved and must be ...

Cyberattacks on industrial control systems (ICS)—which power essential services like electricity, water, and transportation—are on the rise. In recent years, cyber threats targeting infrastructure ...

APL researchers, together with partners at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory, the MITRE Corporation, and other leading ...

Dr. Brian A. Bittner is a senior scientist whose research focuses on robotic agility and dexterity in complex physical environments. His recent projects include high-speed autonomous driving in ...