Agenda

1. System Control Reviewfor theCITRBNational Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Ground SystemJim ValentiGround Systems Division Chief October 31, 2007

2. Agenda • Introduction • Basis for Investment • Project Management • Lessons Learned • Risk Management • IT Security • Architectural Compliance • Administrative/Departmental Goals and Initiatives

3. Introduction • This presentation addresses the Ground System component of the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) • The NPOESS Ground System • provides satellite command and control for the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) and the first two NPOESS satellites • provides for the acquisition and reception of environmental data from NPP and NPOESS satellite instruments • processes and displays NPP and NPOESS satellite health and safety information • processes information from NPP and NPOESS satellite instruments • generates environmental products and distributes them to central processing centers (e.g. NPOESS Data Exploitation (NDE)/Environmental Satellite Processing Center (ESPC), Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA)) • is NOT the cause of NPOESS cost growth and schedule delays

4. Introduction • Polar-orbiting Satellites • Provide observations supporting NOAA’s mission to understand and predict the environment • Primarily benefit Weather & Water but support all 4 NOAA Goals • Support NOAA’s Annual Guidance Memorandum (AGM) priorities through interaction with other agencies, data stewardship, and providing data vital to an Integrated Earth Observation System • Polar Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) has been NOAA’s polar-orbiting satellite system for past 40 years • Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) has been the USAF’s • NPOESS is the replacement system for POES/DMSP

5. N 530 Mi N Equator Subsatellite Point Equator 22,300 Mi Orbit Path S S Introduction Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites(POES/DMSP – NPP/NPOESS)

6. Introduction • In May 1994, Presidential Decision Directive NSTC-2 converged the existing polar systems from the Department of Commerce (DOC) and Department of Defense (DoD) to create NPOESS • NPOESS is a polar satellite system used to monitor global environmental conditions and collect and disseminate data related to: weather, atmosphere, oceans, land and near-space environment • The NPOESS program is managed by the tri-agency Integrated Program Office (IPO), employing personnel from DOC, DoD and NASA • NPOESS uses a single DoD contract for a turn-key system comprised of space systems, ground systems, and operations • NPOESS Ground System maintains health and safety of NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) and NPOESS satellites and generates environmental products

7. Introduction NPOESS Executive Committee (EXCOM) Dr. M. Griffin - Administrator of NASA Michael W. Wynne – Secretary of the Air Force VADM (ret.) C. Lautenbacher – Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere Environmental Satellites Program Executive Office (PEO) Dan Stockton – PEO (NOAA) NPOESS System Program Director Advanced Technology Program Director Operations Director NPOESS Preparatory Project Proj Manager K. Schwer (NASA) Steven Simione (USAF-Civ) (Acting) S. Schneider (NASA) B. Needham (NOAA)

8. Data Products Introduction NPOESSSystem Architecture NASA TDRSS NPP Command NPOESS Telem & Data NOAA Satellite Operations Facility (NSOF) Svalbard Ground Station - Primary White Sands Ground Station – Backup Communications, Command and Control Segment (C3S) External System Architectures Telem & Data Interface Data Processing Segment (IDPS) NDE / ESPC 15 Safety Net Receptors Key: NPP – NPOESS Preparatory Project TDRSS – Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System ESPC – Environmental Satellite Processing Center NDE – NPOESS Data Exploitation CLASS - Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System NSOF – NOAA Satellite Operations Facility Archive and Access (CLASS) Users

9. Introduction • Ground System IT Elements • Antennas/Radio Frequency Systems • Send/receive satellite data signals for satellite command and control • Receive satellite data signals for sensor data collection • Telemetry and Command/Instrument Support • Command and control satellite and monitor health and safety • Product Generation • Ingest and process raw sensor data into common set of “value-added“ environmental data records (EDRs) for DOC and DoD • Communications • Transmit and receive data securely over satellite and fiber-optics networks • Distribute EDRs to agency-specific environmental product generation and dissemination systems

10. Observe Collect Process Predict Disseminate Archive NPOESS/NPPSatellites NPOESSGround System NDE/ESPC CLASS Introduction • The NPOESS Ground System performs the collection function and a portion of the processing function for the environmental information observed by the NPP and NPOESS satellites NOAA ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE

11. Introduction

12. Introduction NPOESS Ground Station Longyearbyen, Svalbard (International territory administered by Norway) NPOESS Mission Management Center (MMC) at NSOF (Suitland, MD) SafetyNet™ Station Locations

13. NOAA contributes 50% of the funding for the NPOESS Ground System Introduction

14. Basis for Investment • The NPOESS Ground System provides the infrastructure necessary to support 24x7 command and control of the NPP and NPOESS satellites; the collection of the environmental data observed by NPP and NPOESS; and distribution of environmental data records to NOAA and the US military. • NPOESS, when operational, will collect environmental data at rate over 30 times that of current systems and it will distribute it in 1/6 the time of current systems • Current NOAA and USAF ground systems are incapable of supporting NPOESS data volumes and latency

15. Basis for Investment • NPP/NPOESS performance improvements allow for discrimination of tough weather problems Expected NPP/NPOESS: Smoke and Fires (Image from NASA’s MODIS sensor) POES: Smoke and Fires

16. Basis for Investment NPOESS POES

17. Project Management NPOESS PM Steve Simione (acting), USAF-Civ PMP Level III - COR Budget & Planning Barbara MacNeill 2 DoD Contracting Team Jeff Dedrick (USAF-Civ) Acq Critical Corps Member Contracting Level III Certified System Engineering Dave Spencer 4 3 Algorithms Karen St. Germain Northrop Grumman Space Technology Ground Systems Division Jim Valenti, NOAA, PMP Level III 3 4 6 Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems (Ground Systems) Data Processing Systems Joe Mulligan NOAA (acting) Command and Control Systems Doug Whiteley, NOAA 3 1 = Support Staff #

18. Project Management • NPOESS Ground System uses the following to monitor contractor progress • Earned Value (oversight by NESDIS CIO) • Technical Performance Measures (TPMs) • (e.g. Data Latency, Processor Utilization) • Software Development Plan (SDP) and software metrics • Raytheon Intelligence & Info Systems is CMM Level III Certified • Requirements Verification • Subsystem Requirements trace to overall NPOESS Rqmts • Phased verification methodology employed • Fee Management Plan • Fee Milestones associated with major events • Technical: e.g. Complete IDPS Build 1.5 Checkout at NSOF • Schedule: e.g. IDPS Build 1.5 Qualification Testing Completed

19. Project Management

20. Project Management EV reporting suspended Oct 2005 Resumed under Interim Baseline Jan 2006 Restructured Baseline Implemented Feb 07. Cum Values Through August ‘07 CV = $479.5K CPI = 1.00 SV = ($178.8K) SPI = 1.00 * 1.00 Represents Perfect Performance w/ no cost or schedule variance

21. Lessons Learned • Understand ramifications of contractor teaming arrangements as established by the acquisition strategy • Industry leaders may be locked out • Employ a rigorous test program to drive down risk • Feed results into future work (e.g. IDPS integration) • Seek out risk-reduction activities (e.g. Coriolis operations) • Understand the transition from source-selection to contract execution • NPOESS Ground Systems had adequate and appropriate program office staffing in place for this

22. Risk Management • Risk management plans are used to manage the development of the NPOESS Ground System • Plans detail processes for risk identification, analysis, monitoring, and mitigation • Risk lists and matrices are maintained for both Command & Control and Data Processing Systems • Risks reviewed monthly by the NPOESS Risk Management Board • Risks are current as of the September 2007 Program Management Review

23. Risk Management

24. IT Security • NPOESS Ground System: NOAA System ID # NOAA5042 • Currently in development phase of Acquisition Life Cycle • Evolved security requirements are not captured in current baseline • Upcoming C&A Milestones • NPP Planned Actual • Phase I (Initiation) 8/2004 8/2004 • Phase II (Certification) 1/2009 • Phase III (Accreditation) 3/2009 • NPOESS • Phase I (Initiation) 3/2008 • Phase II (Certification) 8/2011 • Phase III (Accreditation) 8/2012 • Planned Operational Dates: May 2009 (NPP), Aug 2012 (NPOESS)

25. Architectural Compliance • The NPOESS Ground System is integrated with the NOAA Enterprise Architecture • Collaboration on Achieving Enterprise Solutions • Working with NDE/ESPC and CLASS to establish common interfaces and communications protocols • Sharing design features and lessons learned with GOES-R Program • Reuse of existing assets • Mission Management Center (MMC) and Interface Data Processing Segment (IDPS) use in-situ communications infrastructure at NSOF • 85% of MMC software is reused code • Usage of Standards • Hierarchical Data Format Version 5 (HDF5) • Consultative Committee For Space Data Systems (CCSDS) 701.0-B-2 • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) R-023A-1995

26. Administration/Department Goals and Initiatives • President’s Management Agenda • E-Gov Federal Enterprise Architecture • Combining civilian and DoD systems • Capabilities supporting other agencies (DoD, NASA, DOC) • DOC Strategic Goals • Goal Two: Foster Science and Technological Leadership • Working with leading institutions to advance environmental science • Goal Three: Observe, protect, and manage the Earth's resources to promote environmental stewardship • Improve warning and forecasting of weather, water, and climate • NOAA Strategic Goals: • Understand Climate variability and change to enhance society’s ability to plan and respond • Serve Society's Need for Weather and Water Information

27. NOAA Information Technology Review Board National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System – Ground System Segment System Control Review DPA REVIEW FUNDING • GOAL: Satellite • PROGRAM: Polar Satellite Acquisition • EXHIBIT 300: NOAA/NESDIS/ NPOESS Ground System • TITLE OF ACQUISITION: National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) • TYPE OF ACQUISITION: Competitive • PROGRAM MANAGER: Steve Simione (USAF-Civ) • CONTRACTING OFFICER: Jeff Dedrick (USAF-Civ) • COR: Steve Simione (USAF-Civ) CONTRACTING LANGUAGE IT SECURITY, MILESTONES & RISKS • IT SECURITY • USAF Security Standards – DoDI 5200.40 DITSCAP • NPP • DoDD 5200.28, “Security Requirements for Automated Information Systems” • NPOESS • DoDD 8500.1, “Information Assurance (IA)” • DoDI 8500.2, “Information Assurance (IA) implementation” • EVMS • CPI = 1.00 • SPI = 1.00 PERFORMANCE BASED CONTRACTING • This is a performance based contract. • IT SECURITY • C&A Name, ID Number, and Year of Approval : • NOAA 5042 – N/A (still in acquisition phase) • New system C&A – DAA is TBD • C&A Sensitivity Level : TBD • MILESTONES • August 22,2002 – Phase “C” Key Decision Point Approval • June 5, 2006 – NPOESS Acquisition Decision Memorandum signed • March 1, 2007 – New program baseline established • July 25, 2007 – Contract restructure completed RISKS • IT Governance process re-evaluation

28. BACK-UP SLIDES

29. Acronyms AFWA Air Force Weather Agency (DoD) AGM Annual Guidance Memorandum AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer C3S Communications, Command, and Control Segment CLASS Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System COR Contracting Officer’s Representative COTS Commercial Off-The-Shelf CPU Central Processing Unit DPA Delegation of Procurement Authority DSLOC Delivered Source Lines of Code EDR Environmental Data Records ESPC Environmental Satellite Processing Center EXCOM Executive Committee FTE Full Time Equivalent EVMS Earned Value Management System GOES Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite IDPS Interface Data Processing Segment IPO Integrated Program Office MMC Mission Management Center MODIS Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectoradiometer NDE NPOESS Data Exploitation NPOESS National Polar-orbiting Operational Satellite System NPP NPOESS Preparatory Project NSOF NOAA Satellite Operations Facility PAC Procurement, Acquisition Construction PEO Program Executive Office PM Project Management POES Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite SAT Site Acceptance Test SDP Software Development Plan TDRSS Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (NASA) TPM Technical Performance Measures

30. VIIRS Spatial Resolution Improvement AVHRR/MODIS Simulation VIIRS Simulation T. Lee, S. Miller, C. Schueler, J. Hawkins, F. J. Turk, K.Richardson, J. Kent, “NPOESS VIIRS Dramatically Improved Operational Capability,”SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 5658, pp. 1-10, 2005

31. MODISTrue color image, Dust detection product SMOKE DUST

32. MODISFire/hotspot detection