How Weather Satellites Support the National Security Mission

House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
   Environment Subcommittee
2318 Rayburn

01/13/2026 at 10:00AM

Subcommittee hearing entitled “From Orbit to Operations: How Weather Satellites Support the National Security Mission”.

Witnesses:

  • 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