Author: Nichols Martin|| Date Published: November 9, 2018
Ball Aerospace and Technologies has received a $255.4M firm-fixed-price contract modification to continue development and fabrication work for the U.S. Air Force‘s Weather System Follow-on Microwave program for a low-Earth orbit satellite.
The modification is the result of an exercised option and raises the contract‘s cumulative value to $349M, the Defense Departmentsaid Thursday.
USAF will obligate funds taken from fiscal 2018 research, development, test and evaluation allotments to finance the follow-on services.
Work will take place in Boulder, Colo. through Jan. 15, 2023.
The WSF-M technology is designed to provide environmental intelligence for warfighters and address challenges in ocean surface vector winds, tropical cyclone intensity and energetic charged particle characterization in space weather.
Ball Aerospace and Technologies has received a $255.4M firm-fixed-price contract modification to continue development and fabrication work for the U.S. Air Force‘s Weather System Follow-on Microwave program for a low-Earth orbit satellite.
