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The 13th National Diagnostic Working Group (NDWG) Meeting was held at LLE on 5–6 December 2018. The NDWG was formed by the Inertial Confinement Fusion and the High-Energy-Density Physics research communities to enhance national coordination between the labs to develop advanced diagnostics. Diagnostic experts from LLE, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), the Naval Research Laboratory, Nevada National Security Site, the Plasma Science and Fusion Center at MIT, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory at Princeton University, Johns Hopkins University, General Atomics, Kentech Instruments Ltd., Sydor Technologies, Artep Inc., Photek, Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Atomic Weapons Establishment, and the Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics participated in the two-day meeting. The NDWG has the specific goal to advise the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration and the facility management of the National Ignition Facility at LLNL, the Z machine at SNL, and the Omega Laser Facility at LLE on diagnostic priorities, plans, and schedule.