Critical Contributions to Critical Challenges | January 21, 2026

Learning from an anomaly during the first BOLT-1A flight, the successful BOLT-1B follow-on flight experiment collected hundreds of critical measurements, providing data to advance understanding of complex physics important to hypersonic flight.

The Next Generation Jammer features high-power amplifier technology and an extended range. The Lab provided technical insight and worked with government and industry partners to mature critical technologies for a more advanced jammer.

Launched July 23, PExT enhances a spacecraft’s communications subsystem, enabling mission controllers to track and exchange data more efficiently across a broad range of networks and frequencies.

Leonard Moss Jr. has been appointed to the National Industrial Security Program Policy Advisory Committee (NISPPAC), the nation’s primary forum for evaluating and recommending changes to the policies that guide the National Industrial Security Program.

CINEMA, a mission to improve understanding of the growing impacts of space weather, has been competitively selected by NASA for development.

APL has named Yu-Han “Hugh” Chen as head of the National Security Analysis Department (NSAD). Chen, who previously served as the department’s chief analyst, will lead APL’s work providing integrated technical and operational analysis to inform national security decisions.

For the eighth consecutive year, APL appears on Computerworld’s Best Places to Work in IT list, which recognizes the top workplaces worldwide for information technology professionals.

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