Sandia is one of the four national security laboratories of the United States and is involved in a variety of research and development programs to help secure a peaceful and free world through technology. The New Mexico branch employs 6,600 highly educated professionals, the California branch employs 600.
Sandia develops technologies to sustain, modernize and protect infrastructure (energy and water supply), to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction and to defend against terrorism. Sandia has launched the Sandia Water Initiative.
