The U.S. Federal Partner for Mission Success
We modernize and maintain critical IT systems for NASA, the Federal Aviation Administration and others. From managing cloud migration of remote sensing data to advancing AI that predicts hazards like famine and drought, our team enables real-time transportation, safety and mission operations worldwide. We deliver cloud-native, high-stake systems—because failure is not an option. We do things that matter.
S.M.A.R.T Organization
Security first, Mission aligned, AI & Ops Automation, Transformative Innovations (S.M.A.R.T)
- KBR provides IT modernization and Operations and Maintenance (O&M) for systems that cannot fail including NASA’s International Space Station, FAA Safety Assurance System, NASA’s fleet of earth science satellites.
- Our employees oversee petabyte scale cloud migration of the largest unclassified repository of remote sensing data.
- We have advanced AI modeling and analytics to predict high consequence outcomes in air traffic safety and mission operations, and impacts including wildfire, famine, drought and other hazards.
- We provide development of cloud native, near real time systems for transportation safety, command and control, and worldwide data distribution.
Key Capabilities
SECURITY FIRST
Embeds DevSecOps, Zero Trust, Security Operations Center (SOC)/Network Operations Center (NOC) integration and cyber resilience from the ground up.
MISSION ALIGNED
Focused on business outcomes and customer missions— ”not just tech refresh—with tailored modernization roadmaps and intelligent execution designed to deliver real mission results.
AI OPS AND AUTOMATION
Leverages Artificial Intelligence for IT Operations (AI Ops), observability and automation to optimize performance, minimize manual effort and ensure system availability.
RESILIENT ITSM
Integrated Information Technology Service Management (ITSM) and Confirmation Management Database practices that ensure compliance, change control and end-to-end service accountability in a repeatable and consistent manner.
TRANSFORMATIVE INNOVATION
Enables digital engineering and IRAD-driven innovation to drive continuous delivery and future-ready capabilities, with a focus on customer adoption and measurable outcomes.
Trusted Experience
Mission Security Operations Center
Operate the Mission SOC for NASA’s Mission Control.
Predictive Purchasing
Deliver a predictive Financial Operations model for efficient purchasing of cloud computing for the U.S. Geological Survey.
AI Operations
Embed AI Ops for the largest Federal Civilian data center in the U.S. government to streamline operations.
Next Gen Capabilities
Partner with industry to deliver next-gen capabilities in ITSM around –aaS models for NASA mission control.
Experience Title
Partner with industry to deliver next-gen capabilities in ITSM around –aaS models for NASA mission control.
A proven and trusted low-risk partner that will work hand in hand with NWS to modernize AWIPS
Core Competencies
- Information Technology
- Software Engineering
- DevSecOps
- Cybersecurity
- Systems Engineering
- AI/ML and Data Science
- Modeling & Simulation
- Engineering
- Program/Project Management
- Over 2,650, cloud and cyber architects, developers, engineers and administrators
- CMMI Level 3 appraised and ISO 9001:2008, ISO 2000, and ISO 27001 registered
- Extensive Cloud (AWS, Azure and Google) expertise
- GWAC, MAC, and schedule vehicles including Alliant, CIO-SP3, OASIS and GSA-MAS
- State of the art cyber ranges and innovation centers
- Excellent history of cost control and successful delivery on all contracts
KBR’s Cybersecurity Compliance Acceleration
KBR’s Cybersecurity Compliance Acceleration
KBR has built a reusable suite of Security Engineering documentation, processes, tools and techniques from our successful Vaault architecture to accelerate and reduce the costs of meeting FedRAMP High cloud compliance
KBR Cloud Migration Experience Delivered on Major Contracts
Flagship Migration Programs
TSSC Land Cover Next
- Migrated the National Land Cover processing system from self-hosted to AWS
- 10x Faster leveraging scalable compute
- $435,000 annual cost savings using Cloud Native services
- Migrate/manage 16 PB of Collection 2 data in the cloud
Joint Technical Data Integration (JTDI)
- 24x7x365 globally deployed AWS GovCloud system fielded to 55 ships on NIPR and 29 submarines on SIPR
- Mission critical system supporting the warfighter – No downtime
- Supports over 18,415 portal users and more than 83,000 maintainers, with data throughput reaching approximately 30 terabytes per month
NASA HHPC
- Migrated of 84 biomedical systems and >400 databases (DBs) to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) GovCloud
- KBR followed a migration planning process that was structured, collaborative, and utilized KBR’s Smart Modernization Framework migration readiness review process and industry best practices
NASA LPDAAC
- Migrated 19.7 petabytes to the NASA Earth data cloud
- Utilized DevSecOps and Scaled Agile Framework to refactor 20 applications
- Decommissioned 20 racks that held over 158 million Earth data files
KBR Cloud Migration Experience Delivered on Major Contracts
TSSC Land CoverNext
- Migrated the National Land Cover processing system from self hosted to AWS
- 10x Faster leveraging scalable compute
- $435,000 annual cost savings using cloud native services
- Migrate/manage 16 PB of collection 2 data in the cloud
Joint Technical DataIntegration (JTDI)
- 24x7x365 globally deployed AWS GovCloud system fielded to 55 ships on NIPR and 29 submarines on SIPR
- Mission criticalsystem supportingthe warfighter – no down time
- Supports over 18,415 portal usersand more than 83,000 maintainers, with data through put reaching approximately 30terabytes per month
NASA HHPC
- Migrated of 84 biomedical systems and >400 databases(DBs) to the Amazon Web Services (AWS)GovCloud
- KBR followed a migration planning process that was structured, collaborative, and utilized KBR’s Smart Modernization Framework migration readiness review process and industry best practices
NASA LPDAAC
- Migrated 19.7 petabytes to theNASA Earth data cloud
- Utilized DevSecOpsand Scaled AgileFramework to refactor 20applications
- Decommissioned 20 racks that held over 158 million Earth data files
About Us
KBR provides 50+ years of experience supporting NOAA missions across NWS and NESDIS. Our support ranges from space and ground segment support to GOES, SWFO, JPSS and NEON to rapid deployment of new weather products to WFOs and National Centers and statistical modeling to MDL for storm surge prediction. KBR is also the prime contractor for the National Mesonet Program delivering millions of non-federal observations to NWS forecasters and modelers nationwide.
Contact Us
To learn more about KBR’s existing NWS support and more details on how we would work with you to modernize AWIPS contact:
Jim King
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