UT, Lockheed Formalize Los Alamos Partnership

The University of Texas and Lockheed Martin on Wednesday formalized their partnering effort to take over management of the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, June 13).

The bid team identified in the agreement also includes engineering and consulting company CH2M Hill of Denver and Fluor Corp. of California.

“This whole team we've assembled brings an enormous wealth of experience on how to operate a laboratory, and I believe that is what is called for,” said Paul Robinson, the former head of Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico who is leading the Lockheed effort.

The agreement “represents an opportunity for Los Alamos National Laboratory to return to a position of unquestioned technical pre-eminence among our national laboratories,” said Mark Yudof, chancellor of the University of Texas System (Associated Press/Albuquerque Journal, June 17).

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