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[GEMPAK #JSP-918519]: Support For GEMPAK

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  • Subject: [GEMPAK #JSP-918519]: Support For GEMPAK
  • Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:19:55 -0700
> I am the software lead for the USMC's METMF(R) NEXGEN, a mobile sensor
> and product generation platform.  We currently use GEMPAK v5.10.1 on
> our ten deployed systems.
> 
> Have you ever run into the need to provide security patches for this
> product?
> 
> If so, how would I secure said patches for our military systems?


Hi Mark,

This is the first I've been asked this question.  I have never had to release a 
GEMPAK patch or update strictly for security, and frankly I can't speak about 
the security of GEMPAK for military systems.  NAWIPS/GEMPAK is developed and 
used by NCEP, and Unidata's role is to re-distribute GEMPAK to the University 
community for academic and research use. You may want to contact the NCO 
Systems Integration Branch at NCEP ( http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/sib/ ) to get 
a better answer to you question.

For now Unidata supports both GEMPAK and AWIPS II, and AWIPS II is not being 
offered as a replacement for GEMPAK, rather as the National Centers transition 
from NAWIPS/GEMPAK to AWIPS II, Unidata will help our member sites transition 
as well.

Michael James
Unidata Program Center
Boulder, CO

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: JSP-918519
Department: Support GEMPAK
Priority: Normal
Status: Open