Our Mission

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has a mission of strengthening the United States’ security through development and application of world-class science and technology to:

Enhance the nation’s defense.
Reduce the global threat from terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.
And respond with vision, quality, integrity and technical excellence to scientific issues of national importance.
Our Vision

Lead the nation in stockpile science, innovation and sustainment.
Be the foremost national security laboratory, anticipating, innovating and delivering solutions for the nation’s most challenging security problems.
Be the premier destination for our nation’s very best scientists and engineers.
Our Priorities

Deliver on our stockpile stewardship mission.
Enhance and expand our mission in the broad national security space.
Sustain and ensure that we are at the cutting edge in the science, engineering and technology capabilities our sponsors need.
Ensure excellence in execution: deliver results of the highest quality, on schedule and on budget.
Ensure excellence in operations: safety, security, environment and state of the art business practices and processes.
Improve our cost effectiveness.
Provide a first-class workplace environment to our employees.
Expand our contributions to the local and national economy through partnerships with academia and industry.