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$111,626,905

Department of Commerce·National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

to GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.

ACTION DATE·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_1305M424F0236_1330_1305M420DNWWX0076_1330
Award description

TO ACQUIRE THE PHASE 1 CONTINUED OPERATIONS, PART 1: FACILITIES AND UTILITIES FOR PHASE 1 MANAGED SERVICE SOLUTION FOR WEATHER AND CLIMATE OPERATIONAL SUPERCOMPUTING (WCOSS2) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ATTACHED PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS), DATED SEP

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Facilities and utilities support for NOAA's Weather and Climate Operational Supercomputing (WCOSS2) Phase 1 managed services.

Sub-sectors
data-centersupercomputingweather-climate
Why this matters

WCOSS2 is critical U.S. infrastructure for weather forecasting, climate modeling, and disaster preparedness affecting national security and public safety.

Supply-chain signal

Signals sustained demand for high-performance computing infrastructure providers and facilities management contractors supporting federal supercomputing operations.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. investment in domestic supercomputing capabilities for weather/climate science maintains technological independence from foreign computing systems.

Generated by award_classification v1.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-14. Cost: $0.001467.

Period of performance
Start
2024-10-14
End
2028-02-13
Status
activein 640 days
Sources

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