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Who We Are

With over 65 years of mission success, SDL is focused on serving our customers, enhancing our multi-domain capabilities, and developing leading-edge technologies.

Delivering Mission Success Since 1959

SDL is a nonprofit organization owned by Utah State University with over 1,300 employees located at offices nationwide. We are committed to providing world-class multi-domain capabilities to address the nation’s biggest challenges. SDL’s diverse and talented workforce includes scientists, engineers, and business professionals dedicated to providing solutions that support all mission phases from concept to completion. SDL’s stellar reputation is supported by over six decades of mission success.

Our Role as a UARC

As a University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) sponsored by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration (SAF/SQ), we maintain our role as a trusted Government partner through our core competencies. SDL is uniquely positioned as one UARC supporting both the Air Force and Space Force. We collaborate broadly throughout the DoD enterprise.

As a UARC, we:

  • Serve as subject matter experts for our core areas of expertise
  • Maintain essential engineering, research & development capabilities
  • Inspire & train tomorrow’s workforce
  • Serve in the public interest, free from conflicts of interest
  • Provide unlimited Government rights to SDL-developed technology
UARC Trusted Partner

SDL Core Competencies

As a UARC, we contract with Government agencies to provide expertise in the following core competency areas:

  1. Electro-optical sensor systems research and development
  2. Ground-, airborne-, and space-rated instruments and payload development, test, and evaluation integration, validation, and operations to include technology insertion including form, fit, function, and miniaturization of mechanical, optical, and electronic devices
  3. Modular open systems architecture for airborne, space, and ground applications
  4. Autonomous and intelligent unmanned sensor systems
  5. Geo-based active stabilization and pointing for airborne, space, and ground applications
  1. Large-scale data processing, handling, compression/decompression, and visualization techniques for sensor analysis, data exploitation, data fusion, and data dissemination
  2. Phenomenology measurements, modeling, and simulation
  3. Sensor modeling and simulation
  4. Small/micro satellite sensor systems and components
  5. Prototype development of ground systems to support ground, airborne, and space instruments
  6. Cyber analytics and high-speed networks

What Defines Us

Mission Focused

We deliver mission success to strengthen national defense and enable scientific discovery.

Customer Driven

We are dedicated to meeting customer needs and fostering long-term partnerships.

Technology enabled

We strategically develop and implement technology to deliver high-quality solutions.

Locations

Our strategic locations enable SDL to support customer needs nationwide.

Headquarters in North Logan, UT

SDL’s headquarters include over 540,000 square feet of state-of-the-art facilities.

Field Offices

  • Albuquerque, NM
  • Chantilly, VA
  • Huntsville, AL
  • Ogden, UT
  • Stafford, VA

Embedded Customer Support Locations

  • Colorado Springs, CO
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Washington, DC

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