Northrop Grumman to continue US Air Force Weather support

Northrop Grumman will continue supporting US Air Force Weather (AFW) deliver a full range of terrestrial and space environmental information, products and services to military users under an IDIQ Systems Engineering, Management and Sustainment (SEMS) III contract worth up to $300 million.

AFW supports US military and other selected users by providing environmental information and forecasts to assist in mission planning, combat operations, and airfield and flight operations.
          
Under the IDIQ contract, Northrop Grumman will continue to facilitate enterprise-level systems engineering, systems management and sustainment services – work it has been conducting under SEMS since 2002. The company will also support scientific projects, the transition of new capability to operations, logistics analysis and management, and testing and fielding support.

Northrop Grumman's SEMS work also includes supporting the continuing enhancement of existing systems, development of enterprise-level distribution methods that use network-centric services, expanding on-demand capabilities and fully integrating environmental domain data from land, sea, atmosphere and space sensors.

Linnie Haynesworth, vice president and general manager, intelligence systems and reconnaissance division, Northrop Grumman Information Systems, said: ‘We are very pleased to build upon our strong partnership with the AFW community as we work together to implement the government's single baseline architecture for the future.

‘The Northrop Grumman SEMS team ensures all systems are operational and available, enabling the air force to provide the continuous, complete and current weather information that is so critical to our military for mission success. We have a long history of delivering strong performance and are dedicated to increasing performance levels to satisfy existing and emerging missions while reducing total cost of ownership.’