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$125,218,072

Department of Commerce·National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

to GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.

ACTION DATE2026-05-12·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_1305M420FNWWA0037_1330_1305M420DNWWX0076_1330
Award description

TASK ORDER 0001 FOR WCOSS PHASE 1. BBA FUNDED

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

IT infrastructure and systems support for NOAA's Weather and Climate Operational Supercomputing System Phase 1.

Sub-sectors
noaa-weather-servicesweather-modeling-infrastructureit-systems
Why this matters

WCOSS is critical national infrastructure for weather forecasting, hurricane prediction, and climate monitoring that protects lives and economy.

Supply-chain signal

Large IT systems integrator contract signals demand for high-performance computing infrastructure and specialized weather modeling software capabilities.

U.S.–China competition angle

Advanced weather prediction capabilities are strategically important; U.S. invests heavily to maintain superiority in forecasting and climate science infrastructure.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002195.

Period of performance
Start
2020-02-14
End
2025-02-13
Status
expired456 days ago
Sources

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