Lockheed Boosts Los Alamos Bid

doi:10.1126/science.308.5720.339b

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U.S. aerospace giant Lockheed Martin strengthened its bid to run Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico this week by recruiting a key senior scientist. Sandia National Laboratories Director C. Paul Robinson, who spent 18 years at Los Alamos before moving to Sandia in 1990, has joined the proposal team for the Bethesda, Maryland-based company.

Lockheed officials want Robinson, 63, to head Los Alamos if they beat out the lab's current contractor, the University of California. Final competition details are expected soon, with bids in the summer. Meanwhile, former weapons chief Thomas Hunter has been promoted to director of Sandia, which has facilities in California and New Mexico.