{"id":32795,"date":"2022-01-11T19:31:57","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T19:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/01\/11\/space-force-considers-purchasing-weather-data-as-a-service\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:43:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:43:25","slug":"space-force-considers-purchasing-weather-data-as-a-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2022\/01\/11\/space-force-considers-purchasing-weather-data-as-a-service\/","title":{"rendered":"US Space Force considers purchasing weather data as a service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Space Force is developing an acquisition strategy to buy weather data as a service and may release an official solicitation later this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the Department of Defense has historically relied on its own electro-optical satellites to generate weather data for military operations, those satellites are aging and the Space Force is interested in using commercial providers to supply some of that data instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a new <a href=\"https:\/\/sam.gov\/opp\/9616ff1b841148e39327c5eda210e95c\/view\" target=\"_blank\">request for information<\/a>, the Space Force asks industry for cost and schedule estimates to inform its strategy, noting that it may release a formal request for bids in late fiscal 2022 with hopes to begin acquiring weather data in fiscal 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe government is interested in obtaining weather data as a service that is contractor-developed, owned and operated with limited government investment in the initial or prototype capability,\u201d the request states. \u201cThe government envisions acquiring a service that provides an initial capability for operationally usable weather data and allows expansion to a more capably future service as a contract option.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Upfront funding for the program may be limited, the Space Force notes, but the agreement will likely include options for increased capability and investment through fiscal 2040.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The notice follows three other transaction authority awards the service made in 2020 for industry prototypes to support its Electro-Optical\/Infrared Weather System program. EWS is designed to meet the cloud characterization and theater imagery requirements currently provided by the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program satellites. The follow-on capability will provide military users with more reliable and timely weather forecasting data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Raytheon, General Atomics and Atmospheric &amp; Space Technology Research Associates were the recipients of the initial EWS awards issued by the Space Enterprise Consortium, and the Space Force recently awarded follow-on funding to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2021\/12\/17\/us-space-force-awards-67m-deal-to-raytheon-to-test-prototype-weather-satellite\/\" target=\"_blank\">Raytheon<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ga.com\/general-atomics-satellite-prototype-upgraded-for-united-states-space-force-electro-optical-infrared-weather-system-satellite-program\" target=\"_blank\">General Atomics<\/a>. The service has said it plans to choose one of the three companies this spring to demonstrate its prototype on orbit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Space Force expects the EWS as a service capability to begin in fiscal 2025, which aligns with the timeline for launching the EWS demonstration satellite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The remaining DMSP satellites are expected to age out between 2023 and 2026. While EWS will address two of the top projected capability gaps, the service is pursuing a separate effort, Weather Satellite Follow-on Microwave (WSF-M), which will help the military characterize tropical cyclone intensity, measure ocean surface wind speed and monitor energetic charged particles in the space environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ball Aerospace is building the first WSF-M satellite, which is scheduled to launch in late 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As it looks to replace the legacy Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, the U.S. Space Force may issue a solicitation for a new space weather data procurement effort later this 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