Summation Research Wins Contract for Critical
Weather Satellite Ground Equipment
Company to replace critical but aging ground equipment
Melbourne, Fla. — July 11, 2006 — Summation Research,
Inc. (SRI) today announced that they have been selected by the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide
advanced Multi-Functional Demodulators in support of the Geostationary
Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) weather satellite system.
The contract award, once fully deployed, is in excess of $400,000.
GOES satellites provide continuous monitoring of the atmospheric "triggers" for
severe weather conditions such as tornadoes, flash floods, hail
storms, and hurricanes as well as for day-to-day weather forecasting
and climate studies. This critical information provides the basis
for intensive data analysis and the distribution of weather and
related information. Images and data from the GOES satellites to
be received by the new SRI equipment will support regular and emergency
weather forecasts and climate predictions across the nation and
beyond.
Under the terms of the contract SRI will provide SD-4220 Demodulators
to replace outdated satellite ground station equipment at NOAA
GOES Command and Data Acquisition (CDA) facilities in Wallops,
VA and Fairbanks, AK, Satellite Operations Control Center (SOCC)
at Suitland, MD, and NOAA facilities at the NASA Goddard Space
Flight Center (GSFC). The advanced programmable architecture of
the SD-4220 Demodulators can receive Imaging, Sounding, or Solar
X-Ray data collected by the GOES satellites. The demodulators will
also help in the distribution of critical weather information to
users of NOAA services.
“Summation Research is proud to be selected to support NOAA
in this vital and strategic national service”, said Tom Drago,
Vice President of SRI. “Living and working on Florida’s
East coast we have an acute awareness of the importance of timely
and accurate weather and climate information. Deploying our Multi-Functional
Demodulators in this key application will help NOAA efficiently
and reliably support the collection and delivery of potentially
life-saving weather information.”
The SD-4220 Demodulators to be supplied under this contract are
part of a family of transmit and receive satellite and range communications
and telemetry equipment built by SRI.
About Summation Research, Inc.:
Summation Research, Inc. (SRI) is an engineering and manufacturing
company that for over 15 years has provided high performance data
acquisition, telemetry, and communication products and systems
to defense, government and commercial markets worldwide. Located
in Melbourne, Florida, SRI’s products address fixed and mobile
applications requiring the gathering, processing, and communication
of vital test and operational data across a street, to an aircraft,
or to orbiting satellites. The Company also provides board-level
embedded communication solutions and custom development expertise
addressing challenging requirements for OEM equipment providers
and system integrators. Learn more about SRI at www.summationresearch.com or
by calling (321) 254-2580.