 In August 2015, SES subsidiary, SES Government Solutions agreed on a one-year contract with US government scientific agency, NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) to supply O3b services and ground equipment to the National Weather Service Office in American Samoa, which will expand NOAA's broadband connectivity outside the continental US to provide weather, water, and climate data, and forecasts and warnings to American Samoa.In May 2016, SES said that O3b had a firm backlog of $350 million, and revenue in 2016 was expected to exceed $100 million, reaching around $680 million in 2023.In August 2016, SES Government Solutions announced a contract to provide an O3b Networks high throughput, low latency satellite communications solution for a US Department of Defense end-user.