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$86,738,340

Department of Commerce·National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

to KBR WYLE SERVICES, LLC

weather-climateexpiredONGOING · MOD OF 2021 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2021-04-30·LATEST ACTION2026-04-22·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_1332KP21CNAAA0003_1330_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

CONTRACT FOR THE SPACE WEATHER FOLLOW ON (SWFO) ANTENNA NETWORK (SAN). SAN IS AN ANTENNA NETWORK AND RELATED CAPABILITIES IN SUPPORT OF THE SWFO-L1 MISSION.

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

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In plain English

Antenna network and support systems for the Space Weather Follow-On L1 mission to monitor solar activity and space weather threats.

Sub-sectors
space-weather-monitoringsatellite-antenna-networkswfo-l1-mission
Why this matters

Space weather monitoring protects critical U.S. infrastructure—power grids, satellites, communications—from solar storms that could cause billions in economic damage.

Supply-chain signal

Ongoing antenna and RF systems integration work sustains specialized contractors in space-qualified hardware and signal processing.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. space weather surveillance capability is strategically independent; China lacks comparable L1 monitoring assets, giving the U.S. early-warning advantage.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-30. Cost: $0.003003.

Period of performance
Start
2021-04-30
End
2026-04-29
Status
expired62 days ago
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