The Dec. 2 release of NOAA's $8B ProTech 2.0 RFP probably ruined the holidays for small business contractors but the plethora of streamlined acquisition process also are a harbinger of things to come.
Harris Corp. has won a 10-year, $130 million contract to build a ground antenna system for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that will enable the agency to receive and process weather data 40 times faster than today, as well as deliver weather images directly to end users.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded a contract potentially worth $317 million over nine years to build a high-performance computing system to support environmental modeling.
Computer Sciences Corp. will build a new computing system for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under a contract that could be worth as much as $317 million.
The House has approved bills designed to strengthen federal agencies' cooperation on international science and technology research and on domestic science education.
Harris Corp. will provide a complete, end-to-end ground satellite solution for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under a 10-year contract that has a potential value of $736 million.
Boeing is protesting the award of a $1.1 billion contract for weather satellites to Lockheed Martin Corp. Meanwhile, Science Applications International Corp.’s nearly $100 million sale of nonintrusive inspection systems to the Army is proceeding apace.
