SAIC assists FAA upgrade national air system Oct 28, 2009
Under the contract, the company will provide program management and technical services in a broad range of task areas including safety management systems, aeronautical communications activities, and aviation weather programs. The award has a one-year base and four one-year options. (FCW.com)
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Petty Officer Amy Sexton with the Navy's aviation weather department said the automated weather sensor is, indeed, located near the water, at the end of a runway. She said a breeze off the water keeps the whole area cool. (Enumclaw Courier Herald, WA)
FAA plan could mean new $40M center in KC Feb 13, 2009
The working FAA plan calls for moving one of the consolidated centers to the existing Aviation Weather Center in Kansas City at 7220 NW 101st Terrace. Sobien said that facility is too small to accommodate such a consolidation. (Wichita Business Journal, KS)
Airmen Pick Up Additional Weather Responsibilities Feb 11, 2009
" Come April the squadron must be able to produce weather advisories, forecasts and warnings for all air traffic within the continental United States in support of AWC. This includes hazardous weather due to thunderstorms, turbulence or icing, Instrument Flight Rule conditions, dust, sand or volcanic ash over a 3,000-square-mile area. The squadron must also be able to provide forecasts for SPC that identify the threat of severe storms for the next one-to-three days as well as issuing severe... (DOD DefenseLINK)
