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NASA extended the TIMED mission for another three years of operations and data analysis beginning in January 2004. This will be followed by an additional year of data analysis in 2007, to be conducted after orbital operations are completed.

Johns Hopkins APL successfully concluded the last of three proof-of-concept demonstrations showing that satellites extend the U.S. Navy’s Cooperative Engagement Capability system’s range for anti-aircraft warfare and ballistic missile defense applications.

Johns Hopkins APL has opened the door to using reliable digital video as evidence in court by developing a system that identifies an attempt to alter digital video evidence.

Using his experience with comets and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, Dr. Harold Weaver, of The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, played a key role in preparing the European Space Agency’s Rosetta comet-study mission for its new target.

In his new position, Charles will oversee all aspects of the department’s three areas of operations: engineering, design and fabrication; plant services; and information services.

What’s new in communication technologies — from wireless to fiber optics to quantum computing — will be demonstrated Thursday, Sept. 4 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), Laurel, Md.

The APL-conceived Cooperative Engagement Capability system may one day enable U.S. and British allied naval forces to increase their interoperability on the battlefield if the United Kingdom joins the CEC network.

Johns Hopkins APL was one of two organizations selected by the Chesapeake Human Resources Association to receive its 2003 James W. Rouse Diversity Award. CHRA is Maryland’s premier Human Resources professional association.

At its fourth annual Invention of the Year ceremony tonight, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md., announced its top inventions for 2002 in three categories: life sciences, information sciences and physical sciences.

A powerful imager that will seek traces of past water on the Red Planet reached a key milestone this month when the team developing the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars — or CRISM — successfully completed its Critical Design Review.