Spire Global (NYSE: SPIR) and PlanetiQ will provide space-based radio occultation data products to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under a shared follow-on contract worth $59.3 million over five years.
NOAA awarded the Radio Occultation Data Buy II vehicle as part of an agency initiative to evaluate the impact of commercial data on weather forecast models, according to award notices posted Thursday on SAM.gov.
The agency intends to feed neutral atmosphere and ionosphere data into its operational data systems to support weather, climate and atmospheric research projects.
RODB-2 has an ordering period of five years that will commence on March 27 and run until March 26, 2028.
The second purchase comes eight months after NOAA awarded pilot contracts to Spire, PlanetiQ and GeoOptics.
The Elisity purchase will pair microsegmentation with IonQ’s post-quantum cryptography as federal PQC migration deadlines approach.
The MQ-9B SkyGuardian will support maritime surveillance, search and rescue, border protection, and other operational missions.
Stephen Smith, a retired Army lieutenant general, has joined SAIC as vice president and client executive to support defense customers.
Air has secured a potential five-year, $200 million DOW contract to support Army NGC2 with its AI-native readiness software.
The defense technology company works in four domains: space electronic warfare, directed energy, maritime autonomy and cyber effects.
Deltek SVP Mike Scopa, a GovCon Expert, examines how fragmented systems and immature AI governance are eroding GovCon profitability.
NASA expects to award commercial LEO destination contracts on April 15, 2027, with proposals due Dec. 8.
NASA expects to award commercial LEO destination contracts on April 15, 2027, with proposals due Dec. 8.
NASA expects to award commercial LEO destination contracts on April 15, 2027, with proposals due Dec. 8.
The White House has announced over $6 billion in science initiatives, including $2.4 billion for the Genesis Mission Consortium.
Monahan joins HawkEye 360 from Lockheed Martin, where he led space protection programs.
OceanSound-owned ARA provides antennas and RF subsystems for defense, while Empower RF offers high-power solid-state RF amplifiers.
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