Harris Corporation Delivers Proposed Next-Generation GOES-R Satellite Ground Segment Solution
February 11 2009 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
GOES-R Will Predict Severe Weather at Unprecedented Speed and
Accuracy MELBOURNE, Fla., Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris
Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and
information technology company, recently delivered its proposal for
a total, end-to-end solution for the ground segment of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Geostationary
Operational Environmental Satellite-R Series (GOES-R) program. The
ground segment provides receiving and processing satellite data,
generating and distributing products from these data, and the
command-and-control of operational satellites. GOES satellites are
a primary tool currently used by NOAA to detect and track
hurricanes, thunderstorms, tornadoes, and other severe weather in
the continental United States and the western hemisphere. The
satellites provide the images and time-lapse sequences familiar to
most Americans in television weather forecasts. The next-generation
GOES-R system will provide significantly improved image resolution
and increase the rate of imagery coverage of earth surfaces from
every 30 minutes to every 5 minutes -- and every 30 seconds for
severe weather events. GOES-R advanced sensor technology will
measure data such as solar activity, the charged particle
environment, the Earth's magnetic field, temperature and moisture
profiles, cloud properties, ozone estimates, and solar x-ray flux
to support accurate weather forecasting, severe storm tracking, and
meteorological research The Harris team's service-based,
open-architecture solution for GOES-R is a flexible, end-to-end
system that accommodates the anticipated 40-times increase in data
that will be ingested, processed and distributed to more than
10,000 direct users, while allowing for continuous improvement and
future expansion as the GOES-R mission evolves. The company is
offering a low-risk, high-technology solution that has been
prototyped and displayed in the GOES-R lab in Melbourne, Florida.
"The Harris team is proud to offer its innovative solution derived
from five-decades of proven expertise in satellite data processing,
command-and-control, and automated product generation and
distribution," said Dan Pearson president of Harris Government
Communications Systems. "Our approach offers the best-value
solution with the flexibility to meet the stringent requirements of
this next-generation program for the life of the GOES-R mission. We
look forward to working as a true partner with NOAA to deliver this
vital capability to the nation." "Severe weather conditions are one
of the most persistent and destructive forces our country faces,"
said Frank Misciasci, Harris senior executive account manager. "The
Harris solution provides NOAA and other weather professionals the
ability to decipher, predict and relay impending weather threats at
an unprecedented speed and accuracy to first responders and the
public at large. We're able to do this because we've been involved
in the metrological-satellite ground system business since there
was such a business." Harris is bidding the GOES-R program as prime
contractor and systems integrator. Members of the Harris GOES-R
pursuit team include Atmospheric and Environmental Research Inc.,
Boeing Mission Systems, Carr Astronautics, Honeywell Technology
Solutions, Wyle Information Systems LLC, and Applied Research and
Engineering Sciences. Award of the contract is expected in the
spring of 2009, with the first launch of a GOES-R series satellite
scheduled for 2015. Following development and deployment of the
ground segment, Harris IT Services will provide operations and
support services over the 10-year contract with the opportunity to
provide operations and support services over the life of the GOES-R
program, through 2029. Harris is a recognized leader in satellite
ground data processing and mission command-and-control systems. The
company's ground data processing systems consist of complex suites
of hardware and software that receive sensor data from satellites
and process it into useable environmental parameters under
stringent timelines -- turning the data into useable information.
The company's command-and-control systems feature
commercial-off-the-shelf design and high levels of flexibility.
Designed for government and commercial applications, they support
single-satellite missions as well as the largest and most complex
satellite fleets deployed today. About Harris Corporation Harris is
an international communications and information technology company
serving government and commercial markets in more than 150
countries. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has
annual revenue of more than $5.4 billion and 16,000 employees --
including nearly 7,000 engineers and scientists. Harris is
dedicated to developing best-in-class assured communications(R)
products, systems, and services. Additional information about
Harris Corporation is available at http://www.harris.com/.
DATASOURCE: Harris Corporation CONTACT: Marc Raimondi, Harris
Corporation - Washington, D.C., +1-202-729-3732, , or Jim Burke,
Harris Corporation, +1-321-727-9131, Web Site:
http://www.harris.com/
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