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Sustaining deterrence

August 19, 2026 • The nuclear security enterprise, including Sandia, partnering with the U.S. Navy, completed the first production unit of the W76 Mark 4B reentry body nearly three months ahead of schedule.

Categories: Homeland security, Nuclear Weapons, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: national laboratories, nuclear deterrence, Sandia, Sandia National Laboratories

Teaching drones to play tag

August 18, 2026 • Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories recently used reinforcement learning, a kind of machine learning, to teach drones how to play a strategic version of the game.

Categories: Military / Defense, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: LDRD

A man is snapping a new propeller onto a drone about the size of his hand.

Sandia conducts next-level test for secure transportation vehicle

August 17, 2026 • A semitrailer loaded with mock nuclear weapons slammed into a barrier, completing the second and final full-scale crash test of the Mobile Guardian Transporter. The next-generation system will carry nuclear weapons and other sensitive materials.

Categories: Homeland security, Nuclear Weapons, Transportation

Topics: national laboratories, nuclear deterrence, Sandia, secure transportation

Coffee and sunlight: a natural blend

August 3, 2026 • Sandia National Labs has teamed up with Michael Thomas Coffee in Albuquerque to use heat from a thermal testbed to roast coffee beans.

Categories: CRADA, Energy / Environment / Water

Topics: coffee, CRADA, small business, solar energy

Sandia selected to lead six Genesis Mission projects, partner on 17 others

July 22, 2026 • The U.S. Department of Energy has selected Sandia National Laboratories to lead six projects and partner on 17 additional teams through the Genesis Mission.

Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: AI, artificial intelligence, award, Funding, Genesis, Genesis Mission, high-performance computing

Rapidly testing portable security systems

July 20, 2026 • Sandia leads an exercise to test rapidly deployable security systems for military applications and border security.

Categories: Homeland security, Military / Defense, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: national labs, physical security, portable security, Sandia National Laboratories

Crystal power: Magnetic field sensors for fusion research

July 14, 2026 • Crystals — whether in the form of gemstones, snowflakes or table salt — are undeniably beautiful. At Sandia National Laboratories, researchers are exploring a less aesthetic use for them: measuring intense magnetic fields in some of the harshest experimental environments in scie

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Physics, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: fusion, LDRD

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A COMPASS for driving faster commercialization of lab technology

July 13, 2026 • America's national labs produce some of the most advanced science in the world, but turning discoveries into commercialized technologies can be a challenge.

Categories: Materials Science, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: economic impact, national laboratories, national labs, Sandia, Sandia National Laboratories, tech transfer

MAD³ manufacturing revolution

July 6, 2026 • When Sandia National Laboratories researchers Hojun Lim and David Montes de Oca Zapiain began working on software to accelerate materials simulations, they started with just an idea.

Categories: Computing, Materials Science, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: awards, national labs, Sandia National Laboratories, tech transfer

As data-center demand grows, Sandia advances AI controls to keep voltage steady in real time

July 1, 2026 • As artificial intelligence drives rapid growth in data centers, utilities are facing a new challenge: keeping voltage steady as electricity demand grows, shifts quickly and becomes harder to predict. As demand grows and more distributed energy resources such as batteries, rooftop

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: AI, distributed energy resource management, Distributed energy resources, grid, voltage

How scientists support planetary defense by reconstructing a fireball’s path using sound waves

June 30, 2026 • When a bright fireball streaked across the Alaska sky last spring, the usual tools scientists rely on to track such events — cameras and satellites — did not provide a detailed picture.

Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering, Space / Astronomy

Topics: asteroid, fireball, infrasound, meteorite, meteoroid, planetary defense, seismoacoustic

Setting standards

June 29, 2026 • Sandia National Laboratories systems engineer Judi See said leading an effort to develop the human readiness level scale is one of the biggest achievements of her career. The scale was published in The American National Standards Institute.

Categories: Awards, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: American National Standards Institute, human readiness level scales, national laboratories, Sandia National Laboratories

Aires Tide, a new concept for fast-tracked flight tests, to debut on National Mall

June 24, 2026 • This summer, Washington, DC, will get to see firsthand how advanced technologies are accelerating national security engineering. A new concept flight test vehicle called Aires Tide will be on display at the National Mall starting June 25.

Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering

In the Mountain West, a quantum computing collaboration announces major results

June 17, 2026 • Sandia National Laboratories, home to the Department of Energy's longest running quantum computing program, and tech company Quantinuum published in Nature an assessment of Helios that establishes it as the company's largest and most reliable quantum computer to date.

Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering

Mining batteries, in a microwave

June 16, 2026 • Instead of letting old lithium-ion batteries pile up as waste, Sandia National Laboratories researchers have developed a microwave-based process to recover and remake their cathodes, potentially turning spent batteries into a new domestic source of critical materials.

Categories: Chemistry, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: IP, LDRD

Fueling the quantum future, one teacher at a time

June 15, 2026, Media Advisory • The strangeness of quantum physics is being harnessed to revolutionize computing as we know it, and the annual QCaMP for Educators aims to ensure teachers have a front-row seat.

Categories: Community / Education, Computing, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: quantum, Sandia National Laboratories

40 years of inspiring youth — HMTech STEM program returns

June 8, 2026, Media Advisory • This summer, Sandia National Laboratories volunteers will return to the classroom to ignite students’ passion for STEM through the Hands-on Minds-on Technology Program, known as HMTech.

Categories: Biology, Chemistry, Community / Education, Physics, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: education, national labs, Sandia, Sandia National Laboratories, students

Sandia recreates flight-like heat to support NASA’s Dragonfly mission to Titan

June 1, 2026 • At Sandia National Laboratories’ National Solar Thermal Test Facility, engineers helped NASA prepare for that critical phase by recreating flight-like heating on large test articles to qualify Dragonfly’s heat shield thermal protection system.

Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering, Space / Astronomy

Topics: Dragonfly, heat shield, NASA

National Laboratories’ National Solar Thermal Test

As W88 production ends, Sandia looks to next phase

May 28, 2026 • Sandia and the nuclear security enterprise have completed production on the W88 Alt 370 program, fully transitioning the system into the U.S. stockpile.

Categories: Military / Defense, Nuclear Weapons

Topics: national laboratories, nuclear deterrence, Sandia

AI’s eyes to help with component inspections

May 12, 2026 • Sandia National Labs is transitioning from manual inspections for ceramics components for nuclear deterrence applications to using artificial intelligence to help flag anomalies.

Categories: Nuclear Weapons

Topics: artificial intelligence, national laboratories, nuclear deterrence, Sandia

Powerful X-ray generator gets a refresh

April 27, 2026 • After nearly 40 years of service and 4,726 firings, called “shots,” Sandia National Laboratories’ Saturn accelerator finally got a spa day.

Categories: Physics, Science / Technology / Engineering

Glaring impact, TAOS trajectory, quantum boom

April 24, 2026 • Each year, the FLC recognizes outstanding partnerships that help turn cutting-edge research at national laboratories and research centers into impactful products and services in the marketplace. This year there are 27 FLC award winners and seven honorable mentions. Three of those

Categories: Awards, Community / Education, Computing, Energy / Environment / Water, Materials Science, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: awards, economic impact, Federal Laboratory Consortium, national labs, Sandia, Sandia National Laboratories

Ceremony marks construction milestone

April 16, 2026 • Construction on the 136,000-square foot Power Sources Capability Building at Sandia National Laboratories is ahead of schedule. A beam ceremony, which signifies completion of the building’s steel structure, was held on April 14.

Categories: Nuclear Weapons, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: construction, national laboratories, nuclear deterrence mission, Sandia, Sandia National Laboratories

Contributing a combined 76 Years of Innovation

April 10, 2026 • Edward Cole and Charles Hanley have spent decades solving hard problems in microelectronics and energy systems at Sandia National Laboratories. Now, both have been named fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Categories: Awards, Energy / Environment / Water, History, Physics, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: awards, grid resiliency, microelectronics, national laboratories, Sandia, Sandia National Laboratories, water power

Cyber Residency Program

March 17, 2026 • In medicine, residency serves as a bridge between medical school and independent practice. Swap medicine for cybersecurity and you get a good sense of Sandia National Laboratories’ cyber residency program.

Categories: Cybersecurity

Topics: computer forensics, cybersecurity, workforce development

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