The Air Force issued a major contract to modernize it's weather forecasting and shift to a "software-centric, cloud-based" approach.

While use of "UxS" vehicles by air and sea isn't new, NOAA's reliance on them has increased tenfold since 2012.

NOAA scientists work on the Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor system at the National Severe Storms Laboratory. (Credit: NOAA) It’s one thing to collect a massive amount of data, which…