Historical Large Program Experience

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Automated Weather Sensor System (AWSS) - $4.3MM

Awarded a contract by the FAA in 1999 to design, develop, and manufacture an advanced AWOS system, designated AWSS, for installation at 33 airport sites. Due to a series of FAA requested engineering changes the number of units was reduced to 17. This advanced system utilizes the complex National Weather Service ASOS algorithms for data processing and distribution. The first system was commissioned in the Spring of 2005 with all remaining systems scheduled to go operational by the end of calendar year 2005. The Company believes that the AWSS system will be the Federal weather system of choice for the next decade. 

It is the met garden from this COTS AWSS system and our COTS international AWOS computer and display system that AWI has proposed in response to Nav Canada’s NC AWOS RFP. This met garden is a little more expensive than traditional AWOS system due to the design's emphasis on ruggedness, reliability, and serviceability. The system proposed utilizes the AWSS packaging, including stainless steel enclosures, MIL spec connectors, extensive labeling to meet PASS safety requirements and 30 minute repair times, and a comprehensive training and maintenance package.

An AWSS automated weather station includes the following major components:

• Heated tipping bucket rain gauge, Model 6021-E
• Combination temperature/RH sensor, housed in Model 8190-A motor aspirated radiation shield
• Wind direction sensor, Model 2020-A, with heater, Model 20201
• Wind speed sensor, Model 2030-A, with heater, Model 20201
• Forward scatter visibility sensor, four  heads, Model 8364-F, with integrated day/night sensor
• Cloud height sensor, Model 8329-D
• Freezing rain sensor, Model 6491
• Present weather sensor, Model 6490-A
• Field Data Collection Unit with triple BP sensor, Model 1190-B & 7190-A
• Terminal Data Acquisition Unit, Model M403351

On July 5th 2005, AWI received an order from the FAA for another 4 systems to be delivered in 2005.

For a complete specification of the FAA AWSS system, see http://www.allweatherinc.com/aviation/awss.html

Venezuela Airport Improvement Program (AWOS) - $.8MM

All Weather, Inc. was awarded an order in April 2006 for 16 international AWOS I systems by GECI ESPAÑOLA s.a., the prime contractor for a major airport improvement program in Venezuela. Solar power along with low power consumption and our significant installed base in South America were major factors in choosing AWI. Even though these systems are being installed with AWOS I capability it was a requirement that they be upgradeable to AWOS III’s without change. Systems include automated VHF radio transmission of weather reports in the native language.

State of Alaska Automated Weather Sensor System (AWSS) - $3.0MM

Qualimetrics was awarded a parallel contract by the State of Alaska in 2001 to provide 24 AWSSsystems. Units have been shipped with installations anticipated to be complete in 2005. The Company anticipates a follow-on order for 6 more units by the end of the calendar year.

State of Texas Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS) - $.8MM

The FAA-certified AWOS system supplied to Texas included the following major components:

• Heated tipping bucket rain gauge, Model 6011-A
• DCP with RH sensor, Model 1190 & 11901
• Wind direction sensor, Model 2020
• Wind speed sensor, Model 2030
• CDP computer and display with FAA certified algorithms and printer
• Combination temperature/RH sensor, housed in Model 8190 motor aspirated radiation shield
• Forward scatter visibility sensor, four heads, Model 8364-E with integrated day/night sensor
• Cloud height sensor, Model 8329-A
• Lightning sensor, Model 6500
• Present weather sensor, Model 6490
• VHF radio, Model 1791

For a complete specification of the Non-Federal FAA AWOS system, see http://www.allweatherinc.com/aviation/awos_dom.html

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ACE-IDS - $33MM

In 1999, Systems Management Inc. (now All Weather, Inc.) was awarded the Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) Controllers Equipment Information Display System (ACE-IDS). ACE-IDS is an information dissemination and display system designed for air traffic controllers and other aviation personnel. It is installed in new Large Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) facilities and surrounding Air Traffic Control Towers and is an integrated system with COTS/NDI displays and workstations populating over 800 AT positions.

The ACE-IDS system is a FAA National acquisition success and is currently installed at:

• Atlanta TRACON plus 4 towers
• Northern California TRACON plus 22 towers
• Potomac TRACON plus 6 towers
• Honolulu CERAP plus 10 towers
• Dallas-Fort Worth Tower & TRACON plus 2 towers
• Oklahoma City Tower and TRACON  plus 4 towers
• Reagan National Airport Tower
• St. Louis Gateway TRACON plus St. Louis Airport Authority and Boeing
• Boston Consolidated TRACON plus 8 towers
• SEA-TAC Tower and TRACON plus 10 towers

In addition to meeting or exceeding all of the contract specification requirements developed by the tri-agency-working group, ACE-IDS is on schedule and on budget as we near the sixth-year anniversary of the contract.  AWI is proud of our efforts, as well as the efforts of our counterparts in the ACE-IDS Program Office, that have provided such outstanding contracting results!

In May 2005, AWI received an order extension from the FAA for another 100 workstations to include the Phoenix, Indianapolis, and Guam TRACON environments. All are planned to be delivered, installed, and commissioned by the end of FY06.

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Automated Weather Sensor System Logistics and Depot Support - $6MM (over multiple continuous contracts)

Since 1994, AWI has been supporting the 200 Federal AWOS systems as a daily logistics and repair facility. With requirements to maintain a secure equipment and spares pool, this effort includes a logistician and up to two repair technicians capable of daily transactions and up to 24 hour turn-around of a critical shortage.  Over the course of this contract over 10,000 items have been repaired.

ROK Army, NBC Reconnaissance Vehicle Meteorological System - $20MM

In 1996, awarded a $20MM sub-contract to develop and supply the Vehicle Weather Observing System (VWOS) to KIA Motors, the main contractor for the supply of Nuclear, Chemical, & Biological Reconnaissance Vehicles.  Our contract was for the supply of 174 complete systems, including sensors, control display system, and the telescoping mast. The program required deliveries over a four-year period, commencing in June 1996 and completed in December of 2000.

In February of 2005, AWI received an order from KIA Motors for another 11 systems to be delivered in 2005.

CALTRANS Highway Weather System

In 1995, awarded a contract to supply 9 Automated Weather Systems that are installed along Highway 5 near Stockton, California. These systems include the measurement of wind speed, wind direction, visibility, precipitation, temperature, and humidity. The information from the systems is sent via modem to the local California Highway Patrol headquarters and is used to update the weather warning signs staged along the highway.

The National Weather Service – Automated Surface Observation System (ASOS) - $250MM

In 1991, Systems Management Inc. (now All Weather, Inc.) was awarded the $250MM Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) program; this is an automated observing system being sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration, National Weather Service (NWS), and the Department of Defense (DOD). ASOS provides weather observations, which include temperature, dew point, wind, altimeter setting, visibility, sky condition, and precipitation. 569 FAA-sponsored and 313 NWS-sponsored ASOSs are installed at airports throughout the country. The automated observing system routinely and automatically provides computer-generated voice directly to aircraft in the vicinity of airports, using FAA VHF ground-to-air radio or appended to the ATIS broadcast. In addition, the same information is available through a dial-in telephone and most of the data is also provided on the national weather data network.

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ARSR-4 Automated Weather Station

Chosen by Westinghouse, the ARSR-4 program prime contractor, in 1990 to provide a specialized weather station for the FAA's new long-range surveillance radar program (the ARSR-4). This specialized station provides highly accurate inputs of barometric pressure, temperature, and humidity used in the calculation of the refractive index of the atmosphere. The refractive index is used to correct elevation-tracking errors that occur due to bending of the radar beam in the atmosphere. The company delivered more than 80 systems.

Commercial Aviation Meteorological Systems

As well as being the major supplier to the FAA, AWI has been chosen by many countries to supply and install aviation meteorological systems. The list of countries where AWI systems are in use include:

Canada Visibility Sensor for  Runway Visual Range System

In December 1990, Transport Canada selected a team consisting of Qualimetrics (now All Weather, Inc.) and Presentey Engineering Products, Ltd., to supply visibility sensors for a Runway Visual Range System. The team was selected because of the superior performance and greater inherent reliability of the Qualimetrics' four-headed visibility sensor and the ambient light sensor. Deliveries commenced in 1994. The systems are now installed and fully operational at 119 airports throughout Canada.

The U.S. FAA Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS)

Chosen by the FAA in 1988 to design, develop, manufacture, and install 200 AWOS systems for installation at Federal Airports. The AWOS is a completely automated weather station that provides 24-hour, real-time weather data for all types of airports. Each automated weather station includes sensors to determine visibility, cloud height, temperature, dew point, wind speed, wind direction, pressure, and precipitation integrated with a complete data collection and dissemination package. All of these systems are still in use.

In 1999, awarded a contract to upgrade the AWOS systems by the FAA. This upgrade is complete and all automated weather stations are fully functional. AWI is currently negotiating a further upgrade to the AWOS systems.

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