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$33,935,008

Department of Commerce·National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

to EARTH RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY, LLC

ACTION DATE2026-02-20·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_1332KP23FNEEG0003_1330_1332KP21DNEEB0011_1330
Award description

COMPREHENSIVE LARGE ARRAY-DATA STEWARDSHIP SYSTEM (CLASS) SUSTAINMENT

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Sustains NOAA's comprehensive data management system for large-scale environmental and climate observations.

Sub-sectors
noaa-data-systemsclimate-data-stewardshipsatellite-data-management
Why this matters

CLASS is critical infrastructure for U.S. weather forecasting, climate monitoring, and disaster response capabilities.

Supply-chain signal

Indicates sustained demand for enterprise data management, cloud infrastructure, and scientific computing services supporting NOAA operations.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. climate and weather data superiority depends on sustained investment in satellite networks and data systems; China is advancing parallel capabilities.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002171.

Period of performance
Start
2023-03-01
End
2027-02-28
Status
activein 288 days
Sources

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