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$53,246,426

Department of Commerce·National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

to L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

weather-climateexpiredONGOING · MOD OF 2021 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2021-02-04·LATEST ACTION2026-04-16·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_1332KP21CNEEO0002_1330_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT AWARD IS TO PROVIDE DEVELOPMENT, DEPLOYMENT, AND OPERATIONS SUPPORT FOR NOAA'S SPACE WEATHER FOLLOW ON GROUND SEGMENT COMMAND AND CONTROL (SWFO GS C2) ELEMENT.

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

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In plain English

Latest funding increment for operations and maintenance of NOAA's Space Weather Follow On ground control systems, ongoing since 2021.

Sub-sectors
satellite-operationsspace-weather-monitoringc2-systems
Why this matters

Continuous space weather monitoring protects critical U.S. infrastructure from solar storms affecting satellites, power grids, and communications.

Supply-chain signal

Reinforces L3Harris's dominance in space-systems command-and-control for U.S. government agencies, supporting ongoing integration work for NOAA.

U.S.–China competition angle

Sustains U.S. independent capability in space-weather forecasting and satellite operations, reducing reliance on international partners for infrastructure resilience.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-09. Cost: $0.013239.

Period of performance
Start
2021-02-04
End
2026-04-29
Status
expired62 days ago
Sources

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