OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. The U.S. Air Forces 557th Weather Wing at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., selected Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) in Reston, Va., to develop and modernize computer hardware and software for advanced weather forecasting and move to a more cloud-based system. Fedscoop reports. Continue reading original article

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8 July 2020 -- The contract has a ceiling of $630 million to work on the Technology Application Development and Sustainment (TADS) system for the unit. The contract includes functions like application development, software integration, application infrastructure, cloud migration, hardware, security and data management.

The Air Force wants to modernize its weather forecasting to better predict storms that could impact operations. Much of forecasting comes down to data management, which SAIC said it will improve through a cloud computing approach.

The new systems that SAIC will deliver to the Air Force will allow for larger data analysis and to implement machine learning algorithms to use that data.

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