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$70,682,379

Department of Commerce·National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

to L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

ACTION DATE2026-04-10·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_1332KP25F0001_1330_1332KP23DNAAA0003_1330
Award description

GGSS TASK ORDER 05 - GEO CLOUD COMPUTE SUBSYSTEM

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

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In plain English

Cloud computing subsystem for NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) constellation to process and deliver weather data.

Sub-sectors
noaa-satellitescloud-computing-infrastructuregeostationary-systems
Why this matters

GOES satellites are critical U.S. infrastructure for real-time weather forecasting, hurricane tracking, and severe weather warnings affecting public safety and economic resilience.

Supply-chain signal

L3Harris is a major defense/aerospace contractor; this signals continued reliance on established primes for government satellite ground systems and cloud infrastructure.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. weather satellite superiority depends on advanced computing and data systems; China is developing competing meteorological satellite capabilities and cloud infrastructure.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002314.

Period of performance
Start
2024-11-04
End
2028-04-30
Status
activein 716 days
Sources

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