Serving the nation's security interests through excellence in science, technology, and engineering to achieve:
- Reductions in the proliferation of dangerous materials
- Increased world stability
Sandia's Global Security programs reduce existing and emerging proliferation and terrorism threats to U.S. security by creating sustainable system solutions through international cooperation. Global Security centers on:
- Nuclear/Radiological Threat Reduction
- Biological/Chemical Threat Reduction
- Global Security Engagement

Jesse Aaron, left, Jeri Timlin, and Bryan Carson in their laboratory working with new imaging techniques to view cell-level activity with unprecedented detail. (Photo by Randy Montoya)
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The enabling crosscuts will foster future key areas that create a competitive advantage as it proceeds into the future by developing continual breakthroughs in science and technology, collaborations, systems modeling and analysis, and enhanced intrinsic security.
- Breakthrough S&T Collaborations
- Systems Modeling S&T
- Intrinsic Security