FAIRFAX, Va., Feb. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics
Information Technology (GDIT) today announced it was awarded a
new $505 million contract by the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National
Weather Service (NWS) to provide supercomputing resources
as-a-service through NOAA's Weather and Climate Operational
Supercomputing System (WCOSS) contract. The systems will be
designed, deployed and managed by GDIT and used to perform intense
modeling of weather and climate patterns for use in generating
forecast products supporting the National Weather Service.
The single-award indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ)
blanket purchase agreement (BPA) holds a total estimated value of
$505 million. It includes a base
period of eight years with one two-year option. Through this
contract, GDIT will receive task orders related to high-performance
computing (HPC) deliverables, including an initial task order of
$150 million.
"We are excited to expand our work with NOAA and support their
critical weather forecasting mission through GDIT's supercomputing
and data center solutions," said Vice President Kevin Connell, head of GDIT's Science and
Engineering Business Area. "Through this contract, the National
Weather Service will expand their current computing power
by more than 200 percent and continue to optimize their
ability to provide accurate and timely weather forecasts. On behalf
of GDIT's company-wide High Performance Computing Center of
Excellence, we look forward to supporting the National Weather
Service's numerical weather prediction and helping NOAA protect
lives and property."
"This contract represents an important step in NOAA's journey to
foster even more precise weather forecasts," said Senior
Vice President Paul Nedzbala, head
of GDIT's Federal Civilian Division. "GDIT is proud to join NOAA
and provide impressive innovations that support our federal
customers and their important mission."
Through this contract, GDIT will deploy two HPC systems at two
sites on separate electrical power grids to support the numerical
weather prediction suite of models used in national weather
forecasting.
The contract will provide two equal computing systems with one
serving as the operational system and the other primarily used for
development when serving as the backup. This will ensure
operational readiness in the event that one system goes down,
enabling the immediate transition of operations from one site to
the other within minutes.
GDIT is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), a global
aerospace and defense company that offers a broad portfolio of
products and services in business aviation; combat vehicles,
weapons systems and munitions; IT services; C4ISR solutions; and
shipbuilding and ship repair. General Dynamics employs more than
100,000 people worldwide and generated $39.4
billion in revenue in 2019. More information about GDIT is
available at www.gdit.com. More information about General
Dynamics is available at www.gd.com.
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