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  • ULA, NASA Lift GOES-T Weather Satellite to Space - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA, NASA Lift GOES-T Weather Satellite to Space

    NASA and United Launch Alliance have launched the third satellite of a constellation designed to gather weather data for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The GOES-T unit, part of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite series, lifted off on Tuesday aboard ULA’s Atlas V rocket from the Florida-based Canaveral Space Force Station, NASA said Wednesday. […] More

  • Xplore Announces Venture Funding, Completes Milestones on Government Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Xplore Announces Venture Funding, Completes Milestones on Government Contracts

    Xplore has secured $16.2 million in venture financing and completed milestones on contracts with federal customers, including NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Air Force. The company said Thursday its investors include Alumni Ventures, Starbridge Venture Capital, KittyHawk Ventures, Brightstone Venture Capital, Private Shares Fund, Lombard Street, Gaingels, Helios Capital, […] More

  • NOAA's Weather Observation Satellite With L3Harris Video Imager to Launch March 1 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NOAA’s Weather Observation Satellite With L3Harris Video Imager to Launch March 1

    A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite that carries L3Harris Technologies’ high-resolution weather observation technology is set to launch on March 1. Once in space, the orbiting NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-T with the L3Harris-made Advanced Baseline Imager will support environmental monitoring and severe weather detection efforts of the U.S., the aerospace and defense company […] More

  • NOAA Report Shows Ocean Enterprise Sector Growth - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NOAA Report Shows Ocean Enterprise Sector Growth

    A new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has revealed that the number of U.S. businesses providing autonomous surface and underwater vehicles for marine observations and measurements rose 60 percent over a five-year period. The U.S. Ocean Enterprise Report showed there were a total of 814 companies offering critical ocean data and information […] More

  • Woolpert Secures 3rd Coastal Geospatial Services Contract From NOAA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Woolpert Secures 3rd Coastal Geospatial Services Contract From NOAA

    Woolpert will perform a wide range of geospatial services in support of a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration office under a new award from the agency. The company said Wednesday the Coastal Geospatial Services Contract provides for data acquisition, photogrammetric and cadastral mapping, topographic and bathymetric products, survey and control services, geospatial training and geographic […] More

  • NOAA Taps Applied Dynamics International to Help Refresh Satellite Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NOAA Taps Applied Dynamics International to Help Refresh Satellite Systems

    Applied Dynamics International has secured a contract to refresh and sustain satellite systems of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The company said Monday it will use its ADEPT industrial computing software and new hardware to boost cybersecurity and extend the lifespan of NOAA satellite systems by more than 10 years. The effort aims to […] More

  • Dewberry to Provide NOAA With Coastal Geospatial Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dewberry to Provide NOAA With Coastal Geospatial Services

    Dewberry will provide the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with technical geospatial services in support of its Office for Coastal Management under a five-year, $49 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The shared-ceiling CGSC award requires the professional services firm to help OCM meet coastal resource management needs of state, local, and regional communities, Dewberry said Thursday. The […] More

  • NASA Picks L3Harris for Weather Prediction Modeling Study; Ed Zoiss Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Picks L3Harris for Weather Prediction Modeling Study; Ed Zoiss Quoted

    L3Harris Technologies will perform a second study for NASA to assess and test a concept for satellite weather sensors or sounders designed to improve tracking of severe storms. “To produce accurate forecasts, weather prediction models require detailed observations of the Earth’s surface to the top of the atmosphere,” Ed Zoiss, president of space and airborne […] More

  • NASA Taps Ball Aerospace to Study Hyperspectral Infrared Instrument - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Taps Ball Aerospace to Study Hyperspectral Infrared Instrument

    Ball Aerospace has received a potential $8 million contract from NASA to study the geostationary Sounder instrument in support of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary and Extended Observations program. The space agency said Thursday that under the firm-fixed-price contract, the company will conduct the definition-phase A study of the hyperspectral infrared instrument intended […] More

  • Dewberry to Provide Aircraft Services for NOAA's Shoreline Gravity Data Collection Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dewberry to Provide Aircraft Services for NOAA’s Shoreline Gravity Data Collection Effort

    Dewberry has secured a shoreline mapping task order from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide aircraft services for the Gravity for the Redefinition of the American Vertical Datum project. The professional services firm said the aircraft trips will enable NOAA to collect gravity data, which would be used in determining the height of […] More

  • Alpha Omega to Help NOAA Comply With FISMA, Ensure Info Security - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Alpha Omega to Help NOAA Comply With FISMA, Ensure Info Security

    Alpha Omega Integration was tapped by the information technology security services branch within NOAA to provide the agency with assistance in Federal Information Security Management Act compliance and information security. The company said Tuesday it will help enhance NOAA’s program efficiency and effectiveness through the provision of cloud security, IT security controls, IT security policies […] More

  • NOAA Selects Tetra Tech Geospatial Services to Support Coastal Efforts; Dan Batrack Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NOAA Selects Tetra Tech Geospatial Services to Support Coastal Efforts; Dan Batrack Quoted

    Tetra Tech has received a spot on a five-year, $49 million multiple-award contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for geospatial services in support of its Digital Coast program. The Pasadena, California-based company said Thursday it will provide data acquisition and analytics services to help the NOAA reduce the damage to the U.S. coastline […] More