NM HM16

Recognizes and honors the Physical Science Laboratory at New Mexico State University for 80 years of service, founded in 1946 in Las Cruces

First contract awarded May 15, 1946 to support the Army Ballistics Research Laboratory, processing V-2 rocket telemetry data at White Sands Proving Ground

One of only nine institutions nationwide designated by the FAA as an unmanned aircraft systems test site

Current areas of expertise include telemetry, hypersonics, electronic warfare, cybersecurity, unmanned aircraft systems, and predictive modeling for defense and aerospace missions

Copies of the memorial to be transmitted to the NMSU president, Physical Science Laboratory director, and the governor