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  • Anduril, NOAA Deploy ALTIUS Drone to Collect Hurricane Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Anduril, NOAA Deploy ALTIUS Drone to Collect Hurricane Data

    Anduril Industries and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration launched on Wednesday an unmanned aerial system from a NOAA Hurricane Hunter P3 aircraft to gather atmospheric data while flying into the eye of Hurricane Ian. ALTIUS is an autonomous UAS that can be tube-launched from ground vehicles, watercraft and fixed- and rotor-wing aircraft, Anduril said […] More

  • Maxar Gets NOAA License to Offer Non-Earth Imagery Service; Dan Jablonsky Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maxar Gets NOAA License to Offer Non-Earth Imagery Service; Dan Jablonsky Quoted

    Maxar Technologies has received a license from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide non-Earth imagery service to monitor the space environment for orbital debris and other satellites and commercially offer that data, SpaceNews reported Wednesday. Dan Jablonsky, president and CEO of Maxar and a 2022 Wash100 awardee, said the company plans to use […] More

  • Dewberry Receives NOAA Contract Extension for Alaska Mapping Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dewberry Receives NOAA Contract Extension for Alaska Mapping Project

    Dewberry has secured a contract extension from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to continue assisting a U.S. Geological Survey arm in modernizing critical Alaska map layers. The firm said Friday it will help the Alaska Mapping Executive Committee with the Alaska Coastal Mapping Strategy. The contractor will support planning activities, analyze data and coordinate with stakeholders under […] More

  • NOAA Extends Satellite Imagery Collaboration With Planet; Jerome Fisher Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NOAA Extends Satellite Imagery Collaboration With Planet; Jerome Fisher Quoted

    Planet Labs has received a new contract to continue providing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with satellite imagery in support of oil spill monitoring activities in the Gulf of Mexico. The San Francisco-based company said Wednesday it will deliver PlanetScope and SkySat imaging products to NOAA to help it acquire more information about the […] More

  • Netcentric Technology to Operate Satellite Data Acquisition Facility Under NOAA Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Netcentric Technology to Operate Satellite Data Acquisition Facility Under NOAA Contract

    Netcentric Technology has received a potential five-year, $44.1 million contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to operate and maintain a data acquisition facility for NOAA’s polar-orbiting environmental satellites. The company will provide information technology administration and security, supervision and property management support for NOAA’s Fairbanks Command and Data Acquisition Station in Alaska under […] More

  • 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

  • ULA's Atlas V Rocket to Send NOAA's GOES-T Weather Satellite to Space on March 1 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA’s Atlas V Rocket to Send NOAA’s GOES-T Weather Satellite to Space on March 1

    A United Launch Alliance rocket is in its final preparation phase for the launch of the third weather observation spacecraft under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R Series. The Atlas V rocket will lift off on Tuesday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida and send the GOES-T satellite to […] 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

  • L3Harris Imager Now Installed on NOAA's GOES-U Weather Observation Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3Harris Imager Now Installed on NOAA’s GOES-U Weather Observation Satellite

    An L3Harris Technologies-made video imaging technology was equipped on a weather observation satellite for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. L3Harris said Monday its Advanced Baseline Imager, which is part of a range of advanced weather sensors for the initiative, will provide NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-U the capability to record videos of weather and […] 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