Raytheon wins $240M contract to support NASA scientific data system

Raytheon Co. has won a $240 million contract to continue its support of NASA’s Earth Observing Systems Data and Information System (EOSDIS).

Raytheon Co. has won a $240 million contract to continue its support of NASA’s Earth Observing Systems Data and Information System (EOSDIS).

The EOSDIS system ingests, archives and makes earth science data available to the scientific community worldwide, the company said in a release.

Under the contract, Raytheon will make improvements that enable more integrated data access and data sets for science applications. Services will include software maintenance, application development and system and hardware evolution.