Critical Contributions to Critical Challenges | August 14, 2025
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Revision 6.1 of the Modular Payload Design Standard, developed by a collaborative team of government and industry partners led by APL, marks a significant evolution in the way electronic warfare, signals intelligence and communications payloads are conceived, integrated and sustained across unmanned and dismounted platforms.
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Vishal Giare has been appointed head of the Lab’s Air and Missile Defense Sector, where he will lead APL’s efforts to advance the nation’s ability to defend our homeland, deployed forces, allies and partners against increasingly complex adversary threats.
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As NASA prepares to commercialize satellite relay services, Lab engineers are developing an effective and efficient way for spacecraft to relay data and communicate in low Earth orbit.
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Lab researchers have demonstrated that a quantum algorithm can be used to speed up an information analysis task that classical computers struggle to perform.
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On its record-breaking pass by the Sun late last year, NASA's Parker Solar Probe — designed, built and operated at APL — captured stunning images from within the Sun’s atmosphere. Taken closer to the Sun than we’ve ever been before, the images are helping scientists better understand the Sun’s influence across the solar system, including events that can affect Earth.
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 | IN MEMORIAM |
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The Lab mourns the passing of former Senior Fellow Phil E. DePoy, who died July 12 at the age of 89. In 2014, DePoy was named one of APL’s first four Senior Fellows.
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Discover APL’s groundbreaking research and critical contributions through narrated audio stories. Whether you’re commuting, walking the dog, or taking a break, you can now listen to these stories on APL’s website, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. Just hit play and take The Lab with you, wherever you go.
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