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  • NOAA Overviews Plan for Emerging Tech Feasibility Studies With Industry - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NOAA Overviews Plan for Emerging Tech Feasibility Studies With Industry

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is preparing to issue three broad agency announcements for possible industry research that can support the Office of System Architecture and Advanced Planning Joint Venture Partnership. NOAA said Thursday the BAAs will focus on next-generation ground and data communication systems, numerical weather prediction, and reducing the impact of 5G […] More

  • 7 Companies Secure Grants for Space Observation Tech R&D - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    7 Companies Secure Grants for Space Observation Tech R&D

    A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration agency awarded a total of $13.8 million to seven companies and two NASA-run centers to explore emerging technologies that can support observation work in the space domain. NOAA said Thursday the grants were based on three broad agency announcements originally announced in April as part of the Joint Venture […] More

  • Spire to Continue Providing NOAA With Radio Occultation Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Spire to Continue Providing NOAA With Radio Occultation Data

    Spire Global has booked a $9.9 million order from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to deliver commercial radio occultation satellite weather data to the agency in support of the National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service. The fifth and final delivery order was awarded under an existing indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for purchasing vertical atmospheric temperature […] More

  • SAIC, Carahsoft Tapped to Deliver Enterprise Cloud Services to NOAA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC, Carahsoft Tapped to Deliver Enterprise Cloud Services to NOAA

    Science Applications International Corp. and Carahsoft have secured a three-year, $15 million task order to provide enterprise cloud services to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The task order was awarded under an existing blanket purchase agreement and calls for the provision of 200 petabytes of egress capabilities and discounted storage services to NOAA’s National […] More

  • NOAA Picks Three Firms for Commercial Weather Data Pilot's Round Two; Karen St. Germain Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NOAA Picks Three Firms for Commercial Weather Data Pilot’s Round Two; Karen St. Germain Quoted

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded separate contracts to GeoOptics, Spire Global and PlanetIQ to support the second round of NOAA’s Commercial Weather Data Pilot program. The three satellite firms will supply space-based radio occultation information through July 31, 2019 to help NOAA assess the data’s potential value to its models used in weather predictions, […] More

  • GeoOptics, Spire Global to Provide Data Support for NOAA's Commercial Weather Data Pilot - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GeoOptics, Spire Global to Provide Data Support for NOAA’s Commercial Weather Data Pilot

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded contracts to GeoOptics and Spire Global worth $695,000 and $370,000, respectively, to provide data support for NOAA’s Commercial Weather Data Pilot project. NOAA said GeoOptics and Spire Global will supply space-based global navigation satellite system radio occultation data in efforts to demonstrate the quality and potential value of commercial data to the agency’s weather forecasts and warnings. […] More

  • Harris Integrates Ground Segment IT Hardware for NOAA Satellite; Romy Olaisen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Integrates Ground Segment IT Hardware for NOAA Satellite; Romy Olaisen Comments

    Harris Corp. has fully installed and integrated the computer hardware for the ground segment of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite–R series. The company said Wednesday the hardware makes up the ground segment’s operational system, which works to help GOES-R satellites perform their weather detection and tracking mission. “System testing can be completed now that the hardware is […] More