Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatory, Maui

The Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatory is an Air Force Research Laboratory operating location at Haleakala Observatory on Maui, Hawaii, with a twofold mission. First, it conducts the research and development mission on the Maui Space Surveillance System at the Maui Space Surveillance Complex. Second, it oversees operation of the Maui High Performance Computing Center. AFRL's research and development mission on Maui was formally called Air Force Maui Optical Station; the use of the term AMOS has been widespread throughout the technical community for over thirty years and is still used today at many technical conferences. The main-belt asteroid 8721 AMOS is named after the project. ()