Microwave Sounder Constellation: Tomorrow.io Wins $10.2M Contract for Satellite Build
The Tomorrow Companies Inc. (Tomorrow.io), Boston, Massachusetts, was awarded a $10,229,075 firm-fixed-price contract for a commercial weather data pilot and technology readiness level 9 follow-on. This contract provides for the manufacture, build, and delivery to orbit two microwave sounders in support of the precipitation radar constellation, as well as validate and commission the satellites once in orbit ultimately producing datasets from the microwave sounder constellation. Over the course of this contract, Tomorrow.io will provide a cumulative of 12 months of level-1 and level-2 sounder data from across the constellation which can be used to compare with current Department of Defense microwave sounder capabilities as well as validate the theoretical baseline for revisit rates and overall constellation quality. Work will be performed in Boston, Massachusetts, and is expected to be completed May 13, 2025. This contract was a sole source acquisition. Fiscal 2024 procurement-defense wide funds in the amount of $10,229,075 are being obligated at time of award. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, is the contracting activity (FA2330-24-C-B003).