SAIC Awarded Japanese Tsunami Buoy Contract

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)

today announced it has been awarded a contract for the production and delivery of six SAIC Tsunami Buoy (STB) systems by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) in Tokyo, Japan.   The STB systems will be deployed at locations in the northwest Pacific Ocean approximately 200 nautical miles east of Sendai, Japan.  The coastal region around Sendai experienced the brunt of the damage from the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami.  These STB systems represent part of a larger network of sensors deployed by the JMA that will provide the entire region with critical data to assess the magnitude of tsunamis generated in the oceans east of Japan. The addition of these systems into the existing sensor network will help strengthen the current warning system and provide a capability to directly assess tsunami waves in the deep sea.