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$125,218,072

Department of Commerce·National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

to GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.

weather-climateexpiredONGOING · MOD OF 2020 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2020-02-14·LATEST ACTION2026-05-12·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_1305M420FNWWA0037_1330_1305M420DNWWX0076_1330
Award description

TASK ORDER 0001 FOR WCOSS PHASE 1. BBA FUNDED

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Latest obligation on the 2020 WCOSS Phase 1 contract to modernize NOAA's weather and climate computing infrastructure.

Sub-sectors
noaa-weather-infrastructurewcoss-modernizationit-services
Why this matters

WCOSS underpins all U.S. weather forecasting, hurricane prediction, and climate modeling—critical for public safety and economic resilience.

Supply-chain signal

General Dynamics IT sustains the backbone of federal meteorological computing; delays or cost overruns cascade to forecast accuracy nationwide.

U.S.–China competition angle

Advanced weather modeling and computing capability is strategically important; U.S. must maintain independent, resilient forecasting infrastructure.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-25. Cost: $0.002958.

Period of performance
Start
2020-02-14
End
2025-02-13
Status
expired502 days ago
Sources

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