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I found this whole thread really interesting. Maybe I have no idea but I’m wondering about interlab collaboration culture: is there like competition and maybe s

I found this whole thread really interesting. Maybe I have no idea but I’m wondering about interlab collaboration culture: is there like competition and maybe some lack of cooperation or grudging cooperation between labs? Sort of in the same sense that you get that stereotypical lack of information sharing between different government departments in other fields? Or it’s much more collaborative than the government bureau analogy (modulo classification/ project restrictions)?

funajoy 4y ago
National Security Labs, by law, do not compete with US Industry. However, they compete with each other so the nation benefit from best, innovation and solutions. They also co-operate in many areas including nuclear weapons. LANL & LLNL design the physics package whereas Sandia is responsible for systems engineers, safety, security and reliability. Rarely there is direct competition for funding since they have assigned missions.