Tag Archives: NOAA

Maxar Technologies collaborated with Amazon Web Services to build a cloud-based computing technology designed to accelerate processing of global weather data at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, SiliconANGLE reported Tuesday. “We knew NOAA had capabilities of weather prediction models in traditional on-premises, big beefy high-performance supercomputers, but we wanted to do it in the cloud; we wanted to use AWS as a key partner,” said Travis Hartman, director of analytics and weather at Maxar.

A data transmission concept developed by a team comprised of Northrop Grumman and  Monrovia, Calif,-based company Seatrec has been chosen for the next phase of a competition focused on renewable energy-based ocean observation technologies.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a solicitation for the procurement of commercial radio occultation data for use in weather models, situational awareness products and other operational systems.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded Centuria a potential five-year, $49.5M contract to support radar infrastructure at the National Weather Service's Radar Operations Center, according to an award notice posted Friday.

General Dynamics’ information technology business has installed an update to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Hera CS500 supercomputer that supports modeling work for weather monitoring efforts.

Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates has received a six-month contract of an undisclosed value to design a small, low-Earth orbit satellite architecture to support the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's weather forecasting mission.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has partnered with Xplore on a project to examine the potential of commercial spacecraft to monitor the sun from the first Lagrangian point.

Raytheon Technologies has received a seven-month contract to explore satellite instrument designs that would help the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration improve weather predictions. The company said Monday its intelligence and space business will perform the High-Resolution Infrared Sounder concept study and seeks to offer NOAA design options with greater spatial, spectral range, horizontal coverage and sensitivity features than the current IR sounders.

Maxar Technologies has received a six-month, $350K contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to explore the possibility of integrating weather observation sensors with the company's new class of Earth imaging satellites, SpaceNews reported Friday.

Raytheon Technologies' intelligence and space business has received a contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to assess a new methodology for environmental imaging in geostationary orbit.

Dewberry has been awarded a potential five-year, $40M contract to help the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration map shorelines. The company said Wednesday it will support coastal security with NOAA's National Geodetic Survey sub-agency that develops frameworks for national positioning activities.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 23, 2020 — KBR (NYSE: KBR) won a five-year, $128M recompete contract to continue providing weather data services for a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-funded network of weather observation networks, ExecutiveGov said April 14.

NV5 Global’s Quantum Spatial company has secured a five-year, $40M contract to provide shoreline mapping support services in assistance to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Geodetic Survey effort.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has announced a potential five-year, $45M partnership opportunity to create weather forecasting models through the establishment of an extramural center. NOAA said Friday it is looking for a technology partner to help the agency establish the Earth Prediction Innovation Center.

Keith Johnson, vice president and general manager for federal at cloud and data analytics firm Spire Global, has said that the company received Department of Defense funding to develop an automated shipping route identification system.