Weather Is A Hot Topic At Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman Corporation [NYSE:NOC] was awarded the U.S. Air Force Weather Agency Systems Engineering, Management and Sustainment (SEMS) II contract to increase effectiveness, reliability, and performance, while reducing total cost of ownership, for a variety of classified and unclassified Air Force weather systems. The $239 million cost-plus-award-fee contract includes a one-year base and four option years. SEMS II systems deliver accurate, relevant, and timely space and terrestrial environmental information anywhere in the world. They allow commanders at all levels to anticipate battlespace conditions and improve their critical decision making. The program supports the Air Force Weather Agency‘s mission to maximize air, space, cyberspace, and land power by allowing decision makers to exploit relevant environmental information across the full spectrum of warfare. As part of the SEMS II contract, Northrop Grumman provides systems engineering, development, and sustainment; continuous help desk and operations control services; information assurance; and integrated logistics.

Several systems fall under the SEMS umbrella, including the Global Theater Weather Analysis and Prediction System and the Joint Air Force and Army Weather Information System. These provide timely atmospheric data to warfighters making critical operational decisions; the Space Weather Analysis and Forecast System delivers space weather forecasts for global Defense Department space operations. The Cloud Depiction and Forecast System II is used for mission planning, current operations, and post strike analysis—Reston, Virginia