Wyle Information Systems supports engineering, programming and analysis on numerous contracts. For NOAA, helping develop, test, and deploy a major upgrade to the Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD) network, which provides early warning and tracking of tornadoes, major storms, and other potentially destructive weather events. Completing improvements to this system two months ahead of schedule at a cost savings of $100,000. Wyle staff also helped develop global forecast systems for the National Weather Service’s (NWS) Climate Prediction Center (CPC), visualization applications for the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS), and advanced atmospheric and oceanic dynamics research systems for the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL).
The quality of Wyle’s scientific computing support has garnered numerous honors, including NASA’s 2002 George M. Low Award for Quality and Technical Excellence, the NASA Minority Contractor of the Year award and the Software of the Year award. All of these awards grew out of the success on the Professional, Administrative, and Computational Engineering (PACE) contract at Glenn Research Center (GRC), where aerospace research and engineering, space communications, and high-performance computing and networking were supported. The NWS Director also personally commended Wyle professionals for a key role in supporting the $4.5 billion NWS modernization program.