From Orbit to Operations: How Weather Satellites Support the National Security Mission

Subcommittee on Environment Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2026 Add to my Calendar Time: 10:00 AM Location: 2318 Rayburn House Office Building

Opening Statements

Ranking Member Gabe Amo (D-RI) of the Subcommittee on Environment

Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)

Witnesses

Ms. Irene Parker, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Systems, NOAA's National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS)

Col. Bryan Mundhenk, Chief, Weather Operations Division, United States Air Force

Dr. Christopher Ekstrom, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare (N2N6); Deputy Director, Oceanography & Navigation, United States Navy

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