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Witnesses underline NOAA–DOD interdependence; Space Force, DMSP and JCSDA flagged as key elements
Summary
Air Force and Navy witnesses told the subcommittee they rely heavily on NOAA data; members pressed how LEO orbit responsibility, DMSP sunset, and GOES transfers affect continuity and redundancy for military users.
Witnesses from the Air Force and Navy told the House subcommittee that operational military missions depend on NOAA's observations and that interagency mechanisms are central to sustaining continuity.
Colonel Brian (Air Force chief of weather operations division) said NOAA operates the hub of the World Meteorological Organization global information system and called the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation (JCSDA) a "conduit" for moving observations into operational models. He told the panel the…
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