Raytheon Submits
Proposal For NOAA Environmental Satellite Ground Segment
(8 July 2008) The Team GOES-R
partnership led by Raytheon Company has submitted its proposal to develop the
ground segment for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's next-
generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite series known as
GOES-R.
Scheduled for launch in 2015, GOES-R will include
significant advancements in technology to provide sustained, reliable
collection, analysis and distribution of data from the atmosphere, oceans, land
and sun. The ground segment includes systems for command and control of the
satellites, receiving and processing data, and generation and dissemination of
improved environmental products to operational users within minutes.
High-priority products can be delivered within seconds of the instrument
observations.
"Building on our 40 years of experience as an industry
leader in high- availability precision satellite ground command, control and
data processing systems, Raytheon will develop and deploy a low-risk GOES-R
ground segment tailored to meet NOAA's needs and ensure mission continuity,"
said Michael D. Keebaugh, president of Raytheon's Intelligence and Information
Systems business. "Raytheon's proposal solidifies our long-time partnership
with and commitment to the NOAA mission."
GOES-R satellites will provide
more frequent and higher quality observations for more accurate forecasting and
tracking of hurricanes and other severe weather. They will also enhance
observational capabilities for oceans and coasts, the global climate, and the
space environment.
With rapid rescan capability, weather forecasters
will be able to review updated severe weather activity five times more quickly
than today. For example, GOES-R could rescan regional areas of the Midwest for
severe thunderstorm outbreaks every five minutes instead of the current 26
minutes. The GOES-R contract is scheduled to be awarded in the first quarter of
2009.
Based in Garland, Texas, Raytheon IIS is a leading provider of
information and intelligence solutions to the government. Raytheon IIS has
annual revenues of approximately US$ 2.7 billion and employs more than 9,000
engineering and technical professionals world-wide.
Raytheon Company,
with 2007 sales of US$ 21.3 billion, is a technology leader specialising in
defence, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world.
With a history of innovation spanning 86 years, Raytheon provides
state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other
capabilities in the areas of sensing, effects, and command, control,
communications and intelligence systems, as well as a broad range of mission
support services. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 72,000
people world-wide.
Raytheon's GOES-R ground segment solution features
HiSYNCH , a product orchestration pipeline that enables high performance
product generation and delivery, with expandability to exceed GOES-R mission
objectives. Raytheon's mission management solution leverages Equinox and
ECLIPSE , which have flown every major spacecraft platform.
(source:
Raytheon)
