Add to NASA Daily News Summary For Release: Dec 20, 2000 Media Advisory m00-233a SUMMARY NEWS RELEASES NASA SELECTS FIRM TO BUILD NEXT GENERATION WEATHER INSTRUMENT ***************************** NEWS RELEASES NASA SELECTS FIRM TO BUILD NEXT GENERATION WEATHER INSTRUMENT A California firm has been selected by the NASA Office of Earth Sciences, Washington, DC, to implement a next-generation satellite package that could improve weather forecasting two-fold and help in the research of global climate change. Gencorp Aerojet, based in Azusa, CA, was selected to build the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS). The space-borne atmospheric instrument will measure microwave energy emitted and scattered by the atmosphere. ATMS will work alongside an infrared sounder instrument to produce daily global atmospheric temperature, humidity and pressure profiles. These profiles are essential to accurate weather forecasting and long-term climate research. The contract is worth $206.6 million, with the majority of the work to be performed in Azusa, CA. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, will be responsible for the oversight of the award. Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: David E. Steitz (Phone: 202/358-1730) Contact at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD: Mark Hess (Phone: 301/286-8982) For full text see: ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/contract/c00-q.txt ----------------------------- If NASA issues any news releases later today, we will e- mail summaries and Internet URLs to this list. Index of 2000 NASA News Releases: http://www.nasa.gov/releases/2000/index.html Index of 1999 NASA News Releases: http://www.nasa.gov/releases/1999/index.html ***************************** The NASA Daily News Summary is issued each business day at approximately 2 p.m. Eastern time. Members of the media who wish to subscribe or unsubscribe from this list, please send e-mail message to: Brian.Dunbar@hq.nasa.gov ***************************** end of add to daily news summary