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 solution

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.