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The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL or JHUAPL) is a university-affiliated research center (UARC) located in Laurel, Maryland, founded in 1942 to develop the proximity fuze for WWII artillery shells — one of the war's most consequential technological achievements. Today employing approximately 7,000 staff with annual revenues exceeding $2 billion primarily from NASA, DoD, and intelligence community contracts, APL has grown into one of the most prolific spacecraft design and operations organizations in the world, having designed, built, or operated over 70 spacecraft acr

Legal name
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC
Founded
1942
Website
https://jhuapl.edu
Ownership
UNKNOWN

Contract Awards

Consolidated award signal from sourced logistics events.

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Award count
10
Total disclosed
$1,832,356,479
Latest award
Jan 16, 2025
Sources: USAspending.gov

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Identity Trust

Computed from durable identifiers and the number of independent source systems attached to this entity.

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Trust score
3/100
Confidence
Sparse
Identifier types
2
WIKIDATADOMAIN
Reference sources: Wikidata

Company News

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Outgoing Relationships

SuppliesU.S. Department of DefenseCUSTOMER_MARKETUSAspending.gov

Holds 10+ recent U.S. DoD prime contracts (largest ~$398,377,467).

Incoming Relationships

No records available.

All Contract Awards

$213,803,926
Jan 16, 2025
HR001125F0008

DoD award HR001125F0008 to THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC.

USAspending.gov
$146,606,298
Jul 24, 2023
FA820423F0028

DoD award FA820423F0028 to THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC.

USAspending.gov
$304,328,402
Jun 30, 2022
HQ003422F0001

DoD award HQ003422F0001 to THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC.

USAspending.gov
$122,825,721
Sep 25, 2020
HQ003420F0033

DoD award HQ003420F0033 to THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC.

USAspending.gov
$398,377,467
Jun 3, 2019
HQ003419F0278

DoD award HQ003419F0278 to THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC.

USAspending.gov
$157,948,884
Nov 30, 2018
HQ014719F0023

DoD award HQ014719F0023 to THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC.

USAspending.gov
$164,888,847
Nov 15, 2018
HQ014719F0012

DoD award HQ014719F0012 to THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC.

USAspending.gov
$110,917,943
Jun 29, 2018
HQ014718F0043

DoD award HQ014718F0043 to THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC.

USAspending.gov
$104,864,152
Apr 27, 2018
HQ014718F0024

DoD award HQ014718F0024 to THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC.

USAspending.gov
$107,794,839
Feb 7, 2017
HQ003417F0045

DoD award HQ003417F0045 to THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC.

USAspending.gov

Identifier Reference

WIKIDATA
Q249373
Wikidata
DOMAIN
jhuapl.edu
Wikidata