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Focus Friday – Sandia National Laboratories Test Facilities

The Sandia National Laboratories, which are managed and operated by the Sandia Corporation (a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation), are two major United States Department of Energy research and development national laboratories. Their primary mission is to develop, engineer, and test the non-nuclear components of nuclear weapons. The primary campus is located on Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Trestle Electromagnetic Pulse Simulator

Sandia National Labs centrifuge
Sandia National Laboratories nuclear facilities
Water Impact Facility

Array of satellite antennas

Starfire Optical Range
Rocket Sled Track Facility