United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Accounting and Information Management Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-10-17 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:T-AIMD-96-2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-96-2 P0b002ee18038caea f:tai96002 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-96-2 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-96-2 T-AIMD-96-2 Radar equipment Weather forecasting Storms Warning systems Federal procurement Interagency relations Emergency preparedness Funds management Computer networks Site selection California NWS Next Generation Weather Radar Caribbean Alaska Hawaii Other Written Product AIMD GAO discussed the National Weather Service's (NWS) Next Generation Weather Radars (NEXRAD). GAO noted that: (1) NWS, the Air Force, and the Federal Aviation Administration are jointly acquiring NEXRAD and have already deployed 132 NEXRAD at a cost of about $1.2 billion; (2) NEXRAD are replacing forty year old technology and offer increased coverage clarity and warning time for severe storms; (3) although NWS plans to provide improved national radar coverage, it has not decided where to relocate the NEXRAD network; (4) NEXRAD are not currently meeting Air Force and NWS availability requirements, due to insufficient monitoring and a lack of uninterruptible power supplies (UPS); and (5) in September 1995, NWS targeted funds for the necessary retrofit of UPS to purchase two NEXRAD. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-96-2/html/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-96-2.htm GAO/T-AIMD-96-2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-96-2 Other Written Product GAO/T-AIMD-96-2; Weather Forecasting: Radars Far Superior to Predecessors, but Location and Availability Questions Remain; Radar equipment Weather forecasting Storms Warning systems Federal procurement Interagency relations Emergency preparedness Funds management Computer networks Site selection California NWS Next Generation Weather Radar Caribbean Alaska Hawaii