| 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SD-4220 Demodulators to replace outdated satellite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.
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Media Contact:
Todd Gross
(321) 254-2580 |
