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NOS Leadership Tours NGS Facilities

Friday, December 13, 2019

NOS leadership toured the NGS Testing and Training Center in Woodford, Virginia, and the NGS Field Operations Branch facility in Norfolk, Virginia, to assess the facilities' contributions to the NOS mission and their preparedness for the future. NGS Director Juliana Blackwell and NGS Deputy Director Brad Kearse traveled with NOS Acting Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf and other senior management staff from NOS's Office of Management and Budget, Office of Coast Survey, and the Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services. In Woodford, NOS leadership were given an overview of the Center's mission, and saw demonstrations of the Center's capabilities, including GPS antenna calibration, unmanned aerial system testing, and absolute GPS antenna calibration with a robotic arm. In Norfolk, staff highlighted their support of the Vertical Datum Transformation, Gravity for the Redefinition of the Vertical Datum, Foundation CORS, and coastal mapping projects, many of which are done in partnership with other NOS and NOAA agencies.

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