[jcurbo]

Yes; APL is a University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) and while we sometimes do work with industry, our whole purpose is to support the US Government. That doesn't necessarily mean you need a clearance, but much of our work is national security related.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_Affiliated_Research...

[alexk307]

Yeah, I had no idea that was the case. No interest in building missiles or weapons anyway.