The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) logo on the side of its Aircraft Operations Center in Lakeland, Fla. on April 7, 2026. The Lakeland facility is the home of the agency’s Hurricane Hunters and their fleet of aircraft designed to collected environmental data. (Madison Alder/FedScoop)
While the agency’s hurricane-piercing airplanes are already on track to be replaced, the bill would authorize $2.5 billion to expand the size of a new fleet.
Flight Director Kerri Englert goes over details for an emerging tech test day aboard “Miss Piggy,” one of NOAA’s two Lockheed Orion WP-3D aircraft, on April 7, 2026. (Madison Alder/FedScoop)
The U.S. Air Force’s 10th Wideband Global Satcom communications satellite (WGS-10) atop a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket lifts off on Friday, Mar. 15, 2019 from Space Launch Complex-37B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
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