L3Harris to Design and Build NOAA's Next-Generation Geostationary Weather Imager
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) announced today a $765 million contract from NASA to design and build the next-generation, high-resolution imager for NOAA’s Geostationary Extended Observations satellite system.
- L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) announced today a $765 million contract from NASA to design and build the next-generation, high-resolution imager for NOAA’s Geostationary Extended Observations satellite system.
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In partnership with NOAA, L3Harris developed innovative weather sensor technology for the GeoXO mission, providing highly detailed, real-time information that will improve space-based severe weather monitoring as well as short-term weather predictions and wildfire tracking. - The addition of two new spectral bands and enhanced spatial resolution will improve space-based severe weather monitoring as well as short-term weather predictions and wildfire tracking.
- “This award demonstrates L3Harris' proficiency to advance mission-critical geostationary imagers for NOAA,” said Ed Zoiss, President, Space and Airborne Systems, L3Harris.