The Pentagon estimates the Weather System Follow-On program will cost $1 billion, setting a baseline price tag for the microwave component of the next-generation operational environmental satellite system being developed to address three gaps in the U.S. military's space-based meteorological capabilities. In late January, the Defense Department delivered to Congress an initial Selected Acquisition Report for the project, which is slated to address Space-Based Environmental Monitoring (SBEM) requirements validated by the Joint Requirements Oversight Council that round out capabilities of...
