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Tom Hunter (340KB PDF)
President and
Laboratories Director

Joan Woodard (271KB PDF)
Deputy Director for the Nuclear Weapons Program

Al Romig (999KB PDF)
Deputy Director for Integrated Technology Programs

President's Welcome

Welcome to Sandia National Laboratories' website. Sandia develops and applies advanced technology to keep our nation secure and capable of meeting the toughest challenges. Our "passion for our mission" has led to many major national security contributions over our 56-year history, and has also developed technology to improve our lives in a variety of ways. Here are just a few examples:

• Technology that has kept the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile safe and secure for more than five decades. Sandia designs all non-nuclear parts of nuclear weapon systems.
• The PAN Disrupter, a device that disables terrorist-type bombs without detonating them.
• Synthetic aperture radar, an all-weather, day-night imaging system that enables mapping with a precision much greater than previously possible.
• Handheld and unmanned vehicle-carried MicroChemLabTM systems that detect and signal chemical/biological agents for homeland security, defense, and environmental applications.
• The laminar-flow cleanroom, now used worldwide for manufacturing electronics, pharmaceuticals, and for hospital surgery rooms.

Sandia now employs about 8,500 people and manages about $2.3 billion of work annually. We are funded primarily by the U.S. Dept. of Energy with other major funding by the Dept. of Homeland Security and Department of Defense, and are managed by the Lockheed Martin Corporation. We regularly partner with other government, industry, and academic institutions to accomplish our work.

The few projects mentioned above barely begin to tell the Sandia story. I invite you to explore our website to learn more and to contact us if you need more information.

Sincerely,
Tom Hunter
President and Laboratories Director
Sandia National Laboratories

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