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$40,201,136

Department of Commerce·National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

to RAYTHEON COMPANY

weather-climateexpiring · 49d· period of performance ends in 49 daysONGOING · MOD OF 2024 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2024-02-01·LATEST ACTION2026-03-20·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_1305M224F0065_1330_DOCEA133W17CQ0082_1330
Award description

IGF CT IGF OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE (O&M) O&M IT SECURITY SUPPORT PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES FOR THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATIONS (NOAAS) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) ADVANCED WEATHER INTERACTIVE

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Modification to the 2024 contract providing operations, maintenance, IT security, and communications services for NOAA's National Weather Service Advanced Weather Interactive system.

Sub-sectors
noaa-operationsnws-awipsit-security-modernization
Why this matters

AWIPS enables National Weather Service forecasts and warnings critical to public safety; sustained IT modernization and security protect operational reliability.

Supply-chain signal

Major defense contractor Raytheon's ongoing role in civilian weather-infrastructure IT reflects broader integration of military-sector suppliers into critical civilian monitoring systems.

U.S.–China competition angle

Weather modeling and earth-observation capabilities are strategic domains; AWIPS modernization helps maintain U.S. forecasting edge amid Chinese advances in atmospheric science.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-13. Cost: $0.012453.

Period of performance
Start
2024-02-01
End
2026-08-31
Status
expiring · 49din 49 days
Sources

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