Verizon Business, a long-term trusted partner of the National Weather Service (NWS), has been awarded a task order valued at nearly $80 million to transition the NWS’s current voice and data services from the Networx contract to the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) vehicle.
The transition will help support the NWS’s mission-critical work by providing weather, water and climate data, forecasts, warnings and impact-based decision support services.
This award follows the announcement of a three-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Verizon Frontline to explore new strategies to rapidly deploy uncrewed aircraft systems that will collect and distribute imagery of damage resulting from severe storms such as tornadoes and hurricanes. As a NOAA/NWS Weather Ready Nation Ambassador, Verizon also supports the NWS’s efforts to improve the nation’s readiness, responsiveness, and resilience against extreme weather, water, and climate events.
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