$68.9M to RTX (Raytheon)

FUNDING FOR NWP (AJM-333) PRIME CONTRACT (RAYTHEON DTFAWA-15-D-00004) (YEAR 3 INCREMENTAL/YEAR4 INCREMENTAL). THE FAA HAS IDENTIFIED A NEED FOR MORE ACCURATE, TIMELY, AND IMPROVED WEATHER INFORMATION. TO ADDRESS THIS NEED, THE FAA AND NEXTGEN CREATED THE NEXTGEN WEATHER PROCESSOR (NWP) PROGRAM TO ESTABLISH A COMMON WEATHER PROCESSING PLATFORM THAT FUNCTIONALLY REPLACES THE LEGACY FAA WEATHER PROCESSOR SYSTEMS AND HOSTS NEW CAPABILITIES. THE NWP SOLUTION WILL ALSO ACCESS THE LATEST FAA AND NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA) WEATHER INFORMATION AND USE SOPHISTICATED ALGORITHMS TO CREATE HIGHLY ACCURATE, AVIATION-SPECIFIC, WEATHER PRODUCTS. THE COMMON SUPPORT SERVICE-WEATHER (CSS-WX) SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION TO LEGACY AND NEXTGEN USER SYSTEMS INCLUDING DSTS VIA THE SYSTEM WIDE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (SWIM). THE NEW WEATHER DISPLAY SYSTEM, THE AVIATION WEATHER DISPLAY (AWD), WILL REPLACE LEGACY WEATHER DISPLAYS AND PROVIDE ENHANCED DISPLAY CAPABILITIES.