Located on the New Mexico State University (NMSU) campus, the Arrowhead Research Park was established to enhance technology transfer and provide private enterprises with immediate access to nationally recognized academic and technical on-site resources. New Mexico State University is classified as a top research institution by the Carnegie Foundation and accredited by the Commission on Institution of Higher Education of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. NMSU currently administers over $152 million in research and service expenditures. It has a total of 13 research sites and 4 branch campuses. Click here for aerial view.

Situated on the NMSU campus, the park enjoys many advantages. These include the following:

• Access to over 110 information technology specialists.
• I-2 connectivity with access to NASA and White Sands Missile Range.
• A high-skilled workforce of over 23,000 within walking distance to the park.
• National recognition as a Carnegie Level One research institution
• Easy access to Interstates 10 and 25
• An on-site world-class telecommunication network:

-Cisco gigabit backbone
-Multi-building fiber optic interconnectivity
-Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
-Long-Reach Ethernet (LRE)
-IP tunneling
-Wireless Point-to-Point

The first phases of development at Arrowhead have been the construction of the Genesis Center, which serves as an incubation facility for small startup, research-oriented companies, and construction of an Academic Research building for academic research activities. In 2000, General Dynamics Worldwide Telecommunication Systems opened an 11,000 sq. ft. facility to provide satellite command and control services, network operations and ground-station support for to up to 100 satellites. Click here for map.