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Sandia National Laboratories

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Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) is a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory with a primary mission to provide science and technology support for national security. SNL develops technologies for nuclear detonation detection systems, satellite components, and remote sensing. They partner with organizations such as NASA, the National Nuclear Security Administration, and commercial entities like Lockheed Martin, contributing to missions ranging from treaty monitoring to Mars exploration.

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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
www.sandia.gov
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Sandia National Laboratories and Los Alamos National Laboratory jointly developed the Global Burst Detector payload family.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.5Jul 23, 2026NNSA Delivers Fifth Next-Generation Global Burst Detector Payload to U.S. Space Force for GPS Integration

NASA’s R5-S9 cubesat is carrying demo payloads including low-cost laser communications in partnership with Sandia National Laboratories.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.2Jul 7, 2026Transporter-17 Sends the First Commercial Nuclear Sat to Orbit

Anduril partnered with Impulse Space, Inversion Space, K2 Space, Sandia National Laboratories, and Voyager Technologies in May to support Golden Dome-related work.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Jun 2, 2026Northrop Grumman Taps Apex for Golden Dome SBI Collab

John Sandusky has worked on optical engineering projects at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Accent Optical, and Sandia National Laboratories.

GovernanceValue 1.0Mar 12, 2026Latest News

John Sandusky spent 24 years at Sandia National Laboratories beginning in 1997.

GovernanceValue 2.0Mar 12, 2026Latest News

Sandia National Laboratories has tested weapons systems, aerospace tanks, and components for NASA, including the Jupiter fuel tank.

CapabilityValue 3.5Dec 22, 2025Sandia centrifuge campaign clears NASA VIPER rover for lunar launch

Collaboration between Sandia National Laboratories and Los Alamos National Laboratory has been key to developing advanced detection systems.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 2.0Sep 22, 2025Sandia + Los Alamos: Space-based nuclear detonation detection mission endures

Sandia National Laboratories and NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility supported the launch of two suborbital sounding rockets on 2023-11-15.

GeneralValue 3.5Nov 22, 2023NASA Wallops supports hypersonic rocket launches

Sandia National Laboratories partnered with Space Micro on the Barnacle proposal to support customer discovery during the program.

RelationshipsPlanValue 3.8Oct 26, 2022U.S. Space Force awards Space Micro the Orbital Prime Contract for CMG Barnacle

mPower Technology has raised $16,500,000 since it was spun off from Sandia National Laboratories in 2015.

FinancialGrowthValue 4.0Feb 1, 2022Solar panel startup mPower Technology secures funds for mass production

Sandia National Laboratories, a government lab run by Honeywell International, invested about $20,000,000 of research and development in the solar technology before spinning off mPower Technology.

RelationshipsFinancialGrowthValue 4.0Feb 1, 2022Solar panel startup mPower Technology secures funds for mass production

Sandia National Laboratories developed the MIRAGE tool under DARPA EXTREME and NGA Metalenses programs for large-scale metalens design and optimization using exploited symmetries.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Oct 27, 2021DARPA + NGA Develop Novel Optics To Field Military + Government Imaging Systems Prototypes To Support Warfighters

Sandia National Laboratories executed the 2021-10-20 hypersonics flight campaign at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility.

PlanGeneralValue 3.0Oct 24, 2021Advanced Hypersonic Tech Demo’d By US Navy + US Army At NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility Via Sandia Nat’l Labs

Jeb Flemming founded 3D Glass Solutions in 2007 after leaving Sandia National Laboratories, where he worked on satellite optical systems.

GovernanceValue 3.0Jul 16, 2019Glass-ceramics company, with eyes on space, raises $12 million
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