Federal Contract Award•Obligation Date: 2009-05-27
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. — COMPUTER SYSTEMS DESIGN SERVICES
Entity
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Award Amount
$1.8B
Obligation Date
2009-05-27
Awarding AgencyDepartment of Commerce
Sub-AgencyNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NAICSCOMPUTER SYSTEMS DESIGN SERVICES (541512)
Award IDCONT_AWD_DOCDG133E09CN0094_1330_-NONE-_-NONE-
PIIDDOCDG133E09CN0094
Market Price Activity
Source Record
THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO DEVELOP THE GROUND SYSTEM THAT WILL SUPPORT NOAA S NEXT GENERATION GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE SERIES, GOES-R. THIS NEW SERIES OF SPACECRAFT, SET TO BEGIN LAUNCHING IN 2015, IS EXPECTED TO DOUBLE THE CLARITY OF TODAY S SATELLITE IMAGERY AND PROVIDE AT LEAST 20 TIMES MORE ATMOSPHERIC OBSERVATIONS FROM SPACE. THE CONTRACTOR IS TO DESIGN, DEVELOP, TEST AND IMPLEMENT THE GOES-R GROUND SYSTEM. THE GROUND SYSTEM WILL CAPTURE DATA FROM THE GOES-R SATELLITES, AND PROCESS AND DISTRIBUTE THE INFORMATION TO OPERATIONAL USERS.