Booz Allen Lands NWS CIRRUS Contract to Rebuild AWIPS in Cloud
Booz Allen Hamilton has been selected by NOAA’s National Weather Service to develop the Central Integrated Real-Time Repository for Unified Services (CIRRUS) cloud-based data platform. The project includes rebuilding the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System in a secure cloud environment with advanced data engineering and AI to accelerate forecasting.
1. Contract Award and Scope
Booz Allen Hamilton has been awarded a contract by NOAA’s National Weather Service to design and deploy the Central Integrated Real-Time Repository for Unified Services (CIRRUS), a cloud-based data platform intended to modernize national weather forecasting infrastructure.
2. CIRRUS and AWIPS Rebuild
As part of CIRRUS, Booz Allen will rebuild the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) in the cloud, ensuring the system that ingests and analyzes operational weather data operates with higher speed, resilience and scalability.
3. Technology and Delivery
The project leverages secure cloud architecture, advanced data engineering pipelines and AI-driven analytics to accelerate data processing and forecasting accuracy, enabling faster issuance of severe weather warnings and improved decision support.
4. Financial and Strategic Impact
This award enhances Booz Allen’s federal services backlog and underscores its leadership in mission-critical cloud and AI solutions, positioning the firm for potential revenue growth tied to large-scale government modernization efforts.