FARNBOROUGH, England,
July 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA
awarded Raytheon's (NYSE: RTN) Intelligence, Information and
Services business $59 million for
additional work on NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System Common
Ground System project. The changes are necessary to launch
America's next polar satellite, JPSS-2, in 2021. The project
recently completed the critical design review for the work, and
compatibility testing between the satellite and ground system will
begin in early 2020.
Developed by NASA for NOAA, the JPSS CGS collects
and disseminates observations from polar-orbiting weather
satellites from the United
States, Europe and Japan. The new contract brings
the total value to just under $2
billion.
"JPSS-2 is different from its predecessors, but we've built the
ground system to be flexible and adaptable to meet the needs of any
satellite manufacturer for any weather mission," said Matt Gilligan, vice president of Raytheon's
Navigation, Weather and Services mission area.
In addition to changes to the command and control system and
orbital dynamics system that will maneuver the JPSS-2 satellite
while in space, the contract also covers upgrades to the system's
simulation and cyber security capabilities, as well as expansion of
the system's wide area network and security incident response
team.
JPSS-2 will take four sensing instruments to space, including
Raytheon's Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite, which passed
its pre-ship review and is ready for customer delivery ahead of
schedule.
VIIRS represents the latest in a series of progressively capable
technologies meteorologists use to increase the precision of their
weather forecasting. It provides data on emerging storm patterns
and atmospheric changes, and for applied products, that monitor
wildfires, droughts and flooding.
VIIRS and JPSS CGS represent some of the most comprehensive and
advanced weather technologies in use, collecting imagery in 22
bands of light—from visible to infrared-- and delivering more
observations nearly twice as fast to meteorologists, scientists and
emergency officials around the globe.
To learn more about the program, visit us here.
About Raytheon
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64,000 employees, is a technology and innovation leader
specializing in defense, civil government and cybersecurity
solutions. With a history of innovation spanning 96 years, Raytheon
provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration,
C5I™ products and services, sensing, effects, and mission support
for customers in more than 80 countries. Raytheon is
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