Accenture Federal Services Wins NOAA Contract to Modernize National Weather Service Forecast Operations

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Accenture Federal Services (AFS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Accenture (NYSE: ACN), has been selected to support the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Weather Service (NWS) replacement of Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) with NWS HIVE (Hydrometeorological Interactive Virtual Environment). [NOAA release]

Under the contract, Accenture Federal Services will help modernize and operate NWS HIVE—the mission critical system used by NOAA forecasters nationwide to generate and disseminate weather, water, and climate forecasts and warnings that protect lives, property, and the U.S. economy.

“NOAA’s mission is vital to the safety and resilience of communities across the country, and NWS HIVE will sit at its heart,” said Ron Ash, Chief Executive Officer of Accenture Federal Services. “We are proud to partner with the National Weather Service to help ensure forecasters have the reliable, high performing tools they need to make fast and accurate decisions that are critical to protecting people and saving lives.”

NWS HIVE supports a complex ecosystem of applications, data feeds, and visualization tools that enable NWS meteorologists and hydrologists to monitor real time conditions and issue forecasts and warnings. Accenture Federal Services will bring its experience in AI, cloud, DevSecOps, platform engineering, and operational resilience to help NOAA build a modern system with enhanced performance, scalability, and security while supporting ongoing innovation.

“We’re excited to partner with NWS leadership and the program teams and to bring the innovation, deep technical expertise, and unwavering commitment to excellence that this mission demands,” said Rasha Nahas, Accenture’s U.S. Department of Commerce Client Lead. “NWS HIVE will be foundational to the National Weather Service’s ability to deliver timely, trusted forecasts. We look forward to working closely with NOAA to modernize NWS operations in a way that strengthens reliability today while enabling future innovation.”

The contract supports NOAA’s broader technology modernization goals and the National Weather Service’s continued evolution toward more agile, data driven, and resilient forecasting capabilities.

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