Statement of Work

Statement of Work
Section 1.0 - Background
The U.S. Air Force requires specialized software to provide meteorological and weather forecasting personnel with advanced radar data display and analysis capabilities. This software is critical for generating decision-quality weather intelligence to support military flight operations, tactical missions, and installation safety.
The primary purpose of this software is to display and analyze data collected by the 158 WSR88D Doppler Weather Radars operated under the Tri-Agency NEXRAD Program. The solution must also be capable of displaying and analyzing archived WSR-88D data, as well as radar data from other weather systems that comply with the WSR-88D Interface Control Document (ICD) standards. This includes the Air Force AN/TMS-2 Portable Doppler Radar. Additionally, the software must be capable of acquiring data from the NEXRAD program's Radar Product Central Collection/Distribution Service (RPCCDS), which is the NEXRAD Program solution for the collection and distribution of data from all Air Force, National Weather Service (NWS), and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) owned WSR-88D weather radars. Section 2.0 - Technical Requirements
1. Display and interrogate NEXRAD Level 3 Data
"The software must display and interrogate all standard NWS NEXRAD Level 3 products, to include: Reflectivity, Mean Radial Velocity, Spectrum Width, and Dual-Polarization variables (Differential Reflectivity [ZDR], Correlation Coefficient [CC], and Specific Differential Phase [KDP]). It must include interactive cursor readouts for exact coordinate data value querying." 2. Display and interrogate NEXRAD Level 2 Data
"The software must display and manipulate super-resolution NEXRAD Level 2 data. It must provide real-time volume rendering, cross-section profiling (vertical and horizontal), and 3D volume visualization of Level 2 base data without latency-induced degradation of the workstation."
3. Ingest Data from AF NEXRAD Local Data Manager
"The software must natively ingest, and automatically directory-monitor real-time data feeds pushed via the Air Force NEXRAD Local Data Manager (LDM) / Unidata LDM protocol without requiring third-party format conversion tools." 4. Display and interrogate data from AN/TMS-2

"The software must directly display, calibrate, and interrogate polar and radial data files generated by the AN/TMS-2 Tactical Weather Radar (TWR) system, preserving the native