Lockheed Martin submitted a proposal to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for the definition and risk reduction phase for the agency’s next generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite(GOES-R) program, Lockheed Martin announced May 10Data from GOES spacecraft provide accurate real time advance weather warning products to commercial, educational and public sectors. The future GOES-R mission will improve the quality and timeliness of its forecasts.

“In a partnership with NOAA, we will mature the preliminary design for the GOES-R system and reduce the risks so that NOAA will have a high-performing, low-risk and affordable solution that will meet user needs today and in the future,” Thomas Marsh, executive vice president for Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. said in a prepared statement.