Senior Airman Christopher Smith, 56th Operations Support Squadron Weather Flight journeyman, reviews a forecast at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., Feb. 14, 2019. Weather supports flying units by providing Mission Execution Forecasts, detailed descriptions of the weather conditions for a specific mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Leala Marquez) OPM: All federal employees in DC area must leave office by 3 p.m. as storm approaches OPM said federal employees will receive weather and safety leave to commute home safely and then resume work. Aug 7, 2023 By Nihal Krishan
Air Force awards $630M contract to move weather forecasting to the cloud The Air Force issued a major contract to modernize it's weather forecasting and shift to a "software-centric, cloud-based" approach. Jun 26, 2020 By Jackson Barnett
Lt. Joseph Carrier, operations officer on the NOAA ship Thomas Jefferson, deploys an unmanned Z-Boat from the ship in 2015. (NOAA) New unmanned systems program at NOAA will focus on cybersecurity, acquisition process While use of "UxS" vehicles by air and sea isn't new, NOAA's reliance on them has increased tenfold since 2012. Apr 2, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir
New NOAA system creates high-res weather ‘mesh’ for forecasters NOAA scientists work on the Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor system at the National Severe Storms Laboratory. (Credit: NOAA) It’s one thing to collect a massive amount of data, which… Oct 14, 2014