Sandia National Laboratories economic impact in the 2023 fiscal year increased by more than half a billion dollars from the year before, reaching an all-time high.
The national lab located on Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque reported nearly $4.8 billion in economic impact in 2023, which was $559 million more than in 2022.
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