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$77,460,077

General Services Administration·Federal Acquisition Service

to PERATON TECHNOLOGY SERVICES INC.

weather-climateexpiring · 3d· period of performance ends in 3 days
ACTION DATE2026-04-13·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_47QFCA21C0006_4732_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

SPACE WEATHER AND FORECAST SYSTEM

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

Develops and operates a space weather forecasting system to predict solar activity and geomagnetic storms affecting Earth.

Sub-sectors
space-weather-forecastingnoaa-systemssatellite-operations
Why this matters

Space weather events can disrupt power grids, satellites, and communications; accurate forecasting is critical infrastructure protection.

Supply-chain signal

Signals demand for advanced satellite ground systems, data processing infrastructure, and real-time forecasting software capabilities.

U.S.–China competition angle

Space weather monitoring is dual-use; U.S. seeks to maintain independent forecasting capability independent of Chinese systems.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002143.

Period of performance
Start
2021-02-19
End
2026-05-18
Status
expiring · 3din 3 days
Sources

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