Harris Corporation has been awarded a 10-year $736m contract to provide a complete solution for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite – Series R Ground Segment (GOES-R GS) programme.
Under the contract, the Harris team will design, develop, deploy and operate the GOES-R ground segment which will receive, process and generate sensor data from satellites and distribute weather information to more than 10,000 direct users. The company will also provide the command and control of operational satellites.
In addition, the team would also provide an open-architecture solution that will accommodate the anticipated 40-times increase in data to be ingested, processed and distributed.
Howard Lance, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Harris, said: GOES-R will play a vital role in our nation’s ability to provide timely, accurate weather service to the public and the Harris team is proud to support NOAA as a true technology partner in this endeavour.”
