Raytheon Awarded National Weather Service Contract Worth Up To $300 Million

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AWIPS is the main computer system used by NWS forecasters in performing daily, routine duties. AWIPS was installed at NWS offices during a modernization effort in the 1990's. AWIPS workstations consist of two graphic displays and one text display. AWIPS ingests and displays radar data, satellite data, observational data, and various atmospheric model output. Operational personnel use the text screen to issue routine products such as: forecasts, climate summaries, special weather statements, and weather watches and warnings.

Reston VA (SPX) Sep 08, 2005
Raytheon has been awarded a contract by NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) to provide operations and maintenance for the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS), a nationwide operational weather data analysis and dissemination system.

Raytheon estimates the value of the award, which has a five-year base period and five one-year options, to be approximately $300 million if all options are exercised. Work on the contract will focus on supporting more than 168 sites with AWIPS hardware, software, and communications.

Raytheon Information Solutions (RIS), based in Reston, Va., will provide software operations and maintenance, software development, hardware maintenance and logistics, COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) software maintenance, satellite communications, and network monitoring and control. Raytheon will perform the work, as well as operate a network control facility, primarily in Silver Spring, Md.

"Raytheon has an outstanding record of providing reliable and state-of- the-art environmental science and information technology solutions to the NWS and NOAA," said Ron Ross, vice president of RIS.

"We are committed to providing NWS and the broader weather community the technology support necessary to carry out their vital mission of bringing critical, time- sensitive weather and forecast information throughout the United States and around the world."

AWIPS provides an extensible architecture to allow for highly available data communications, processing, and meteorological and hydrologic display capabilities in an integrated environment. It supports NWS' operational mission by providing a very efficient and effective means for forecasters to prepare and issue timely, accurate forecasts and warnings.

"Our solution aligns with the National Weather Service's mission requirements and is focused on delivering results and innovation," said Buddy Ritchie, Raytheon AWIPS program manager.

"Raytheon's in-depth understanding of the mission of the weather community, detailed knowledge of the NWS, and all facets of weather operations are critical to being a successful partner on the AWIPS operations and maintenance contract."

Teaming with Raytheon are Keane Federal Systems, McLean, Va.; Globecomm Systems, Hauppauge, N.Y.; ENSCO, Falls Church, Va.; GTSI, Chantilly, Va.; Reston Consulting Group, Herndon, Va.; Fairfield Technologies, Washington, D.C.; Apex Digital Systems, Silver Spring, Md.; and Earth Resources Technology, Jessup, Md.

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America's Newest USAF Weather Satellite Delivered To Launch Site

Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Jun 14, 2005
The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F-17 Block 5D-3 spacecraft, built under contract for the U.S. Air Force by Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been delivered to Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., in preparation for a December 2005 launch.

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