In support of NOAA National Weather Service (NWS), the Radar Operations Center (ROC) manages a network of radar systems to provide data for one of NOAA’s primary missions: providing early warning, tracking, and assessment of tornadoes, major storms, and other potentially destructive weather-related activities. Wyle Information Systems maintains the Weather Surveillance Radar-1988 Doppler (WSR-88D) software baseline, which includes on-line applications, off-line support systems, and operating and maintenance manuals. The Doppler Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD) is a key component of the $4.5 billion NWS modernization program. Wyle professionals provide all phases of software engineering, radar engineering, systems engineering, software development, microcomputer, integrated logistics, configuration management (CM), electronics maintenance, test bed operations, meteorological hotline support, and program management to the ROC, delivering an optimal combination of best-of-breed federal and industry engineering lifecycle support and provide real-time radar engineering services.
Experts have also been deployed to radar locations worldwide to install upgrades and resolve issues, supporting several important short-term projects including: relocation of the Jackson, MS, and Camp Humphreys, Okla., NEXRAD radar systems; construction of the Pedestal Test Facility; design, development, fabrication and installation of the K2 switch, allowing the KCRI and KJIM radar shelters to share a single antenna pedestal; design of the DAU Opto-Isolator assembly; and emergency repair of Reno NEXRAD.
In the nearly nine years that Wyle Information Systems has supported ROC, work has been performed on all major system upgrade projects, including Open Radar Product Generation (ORPG), Open Radar Data Acquisition (ORDA), Open Principal User Processor (OPUP), and Radar Product Generator (RPG) Refresh.