Work with the brightest minds in science and engineering to solve some of the most challenging problems facing the nation using world-class research capabilities and tools.
For more than 60 years, we have used science and technology to make the world a safer place. We lead the nation in stockpile science and deliver innovative solutions for the nation's most challenging security problems.
Research Areas
- High Performance Computing: Scientific computing for the nation
- Engineering: Technologies at extreme scales
- Physics & Life Sciences: Frontier scientific research
- Global Security: Applied science & technology
- Lasers: National Ignition Facility
- User Facilities: Unparalleled research capabilities
- Internally Funded Research: Institutional investment in innovation
Missions
- Basic Science: Science, Technology, and Engineering
- Bio-Security: Detection, characterization and mitigation
- Counterterrorism: Preventing and mitigating catastrophe
- Defense: Precision effects and situational awareness
- Energy: Energy and environmental security
- Intelligence: Analysis, policy and operational support
- Nonproliferation: Technical solutions to evolving challenge
- Weapons: Stewards of the nuclear deterrent
