Latest Air Force Weather Agency Stories
Data products from the Special Sensor Ultraviolet Limb Imager (SSULI) developed by the NRL Spacecraft Engineering Department and Space Science Division were officially transitioned for use in operational systems at the Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA) on June 9, 2011.After extensive validation of the SSULI sensor software and derived atmospheric specification, the Air Force Weather Agency received a formal letter from the Defense Weather Systems Directorate (DWSD) at the Air Force Space and...
VALLEY FORGE, Pa., June 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) engineers have completed installation of a XLS-band antenna at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam that will allow military commanders to receive real time weather information for operational use. This is one in a series of six installations around the globe under the U.S. Air Force MARK IVB program with remaining antennas to be installed in Kuwait and Hawaii by October. (Photo:...
SEATTLE, Jan. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Weather Decision Technologies, Inc. (WDT) has been awarded the American Meteorological Society Award for Outstanding Services to Meteorology by a Corporation. The citation from the Council of the AMS commends WDT "for ten years of exceptional service in transferring innovative science and technologies from research and development to customer-focused operational meteorological products and services." (Logo:...
MADISON, Wis., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Weather Central, a global leader in weather information delivery, has been selected as the new worldwide provider of weather products by NDrive Navigation Systems, SA. NDrive provides navigation services to mobile platforms around the world. Under the agreement, NDrive will integrate real-time Weather Central location-based weather services with NDrive navigation software distributed in more than 40 countries for delivery on Apple®, Android(TM),...
MADISON, Wis., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Weather Central, LLC, provider of state-of-the-art broadcast weather, news, traffic, and sports solutions, is pleased to announce that it is providing critical weather data to developers and information workers. Weather Central is the first weather services provider to work with Microsoft Corp. on the Microsoft codename Dallas initiative and has worked extensively with Microsoft on past broadcast and online solutions that are currently viewed by...
Company to Provide Life-Cycle Program and Lead Command Management Support SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va., April 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI) today announced it has been awarded a delivery order under the US Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) Systems and Mission Support II (USAMS II) prime contract managed by the 55th Contracting Squadron (55 CONS). This delivery order is to provide advisory and assistance services to the U.S. Air Force...
Segment hits a major mark as the program prepares for launch OMAHA, Neb., March 10, 2009 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE: NOC) and the NPOESS (National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System) Integrated Program Office recently deployed and successfully demonstrated the ground segment's interface data processing segment to the Air Force Weather Agency at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. The team conducted a demonstration for the...
Weather forecasters warned on Friday that a plan to remove forecasters from the nation's Air Route Traffic Control Centers could endanger air travelers.In an attempt to reduce costs, the FAA has asked the National Weather Service to produce weather guidance to air traffic controllers without having forecasters in each of the 20 centers.The National Weather Service Employees Organization said Friday, that the weather service proposal is expected to call for provision of weather information...
