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JHU Applied Physics Laboratory

Active EO & GEOINT Subsidiary HQ: Laurel, Maryland Founded 1942

DoD-sponsored FFRDC operating under Johns Hopkins University. Major NASA mission developer (DART, Parker Solar Probe, New Horizons) and DoD systems integration lab. Largest university-affiliated R&D lab by DoD funding.

72.3
ARI Composite
Very Low Risk
#7 of 40
Peer Rank
Defense cohort
Total Launches
No flights tracked
Estimated valuation
Not disclosed

FINANCIAL HEALTH

72.3
ARI composite · Very Low Risk
Peer rank#7 of 40
Peer groupDefense
Data coverage53%
Tracked gov contracts$6.08B across 423 awards

RECENT DEALS & CONTRACTS

Date Type Amount Counterparty Significance
Feb 02, 2026 Contract Award $13.8M National Aeronautics and Space Administration, THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC Medium
Jan 17, 2025 Contract Award $11.8M National Aeronautics and Space Administration, THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC Medium
Nov 11, 2024 Contract Award $10.2M National Aeronautics and Space Administration, THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC Medium
Jun 07, 2023 Contract Award $6.4M National Aeronautics and Space Administration, THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC Medium
Nov 30, 2022 Contract Award $4.0M Department of Transportation / Federal Aviation Administration, THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC Medium

Full deal history →

SECTOR POSITION

Primary sectorEO & GEOINT
Rank within sector#7 of 40
Tracked peers40
Secondary sectors

RECENT COVERAGE

Date Source Headline
Nov 30, 2022 USAspending.gov Transportation Awards $4.0M to THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC for THIS IS A LETTER CONTRACT FOR TECHNICAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES SUPPORT FOR AUT...
Jan 19, 2022 USAspending.gov Administration Awards $2.0M to THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC for NEW NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA) SPACE WEATHER FOLLOW...
Sep 17, 2020 USAspending.gov Transportation Awards $16.1M to THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC for ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE AIRBORNE COLLISION...
Sep 17, 2020 USAspending.gov Transportation Awards $16.3M to THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC for ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE AIRBORNE COLLISION...

REGISTRY DATA

Legal nameThe Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC
OwnershipSubsidiary
HeadquartersLaurel, Maryland
CountryUS
Founded1942
ParentJohns Hopkins University
AliasesJHU APL, Applied Physics Laboratory, APL, Johns Hopkins APL, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC
Key programsDART, New Horizons, Parker Solar Probe, Dragonfly, GPS modernization, Submarine Combat Systems
Gov customersDoD, Navy, NASA, NRO, DHS
IPO statusN/A — FFRDC

Source: space_company_registry.json · Operator homepage → · Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory official site — confirms NASA (DART, Parker Solar Probe, Dragonfly) and DoD space program partner.

METHODOLOGY

Launch history and subsystem outcomes aggregate from AstraVeris's launch_events table with Wilson 95% lower bounds on success rates. ARI scores come from the 11-factor composite (/finance/methodology/). Constellation counts derive from the live CelesTrak/GCAT object catalog. Gov contracts from USAspending.gov awards; private deals from deduplicated pipeline deal extraction. Absence of a row means "not tracked" — we never fabricate. See /methodology/ for the full data model and /data-licensing/ for licensing terms.

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