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WindBorne Systems U.S. Air Force contract

Overview

WindBorne Systems, a startup based in Redwood City, California, has secured a contract with the U.S. Air Force valued at up to $49 million. The agreement utilizes a call-off model, allowing the military to purchase atmospheric data for specific regions and timeframes as needed. To date, the Air Force has placed orders totaling approximately $1.7 million.

The contract supports the use of WindBorne’s fleet of approximately 700 autonomous weather balloons. These unpowered systems use deep-learning technology and atmospheric models to navigate wind currents and adjust altitude. The company recently demonstrated this capability by guiding a system into the eye of a typhoon to collect data.

The data collected by the balloons feeds into the company’s proprietary AI-driven forecasting model, WeatherMesh 6, which aims to provide more accurate forecasts than traditional physics-based models by integrating real-time empirical sensor readings.

Entities

WindBorne Systems · Andrey Sushko · US Air Force · U.S. Air Force · John Dean

Timeline

  1. [BUSINESS] 4 sources
    WindBorne Systems secures potential $49 million US Air Force contract

    WindBorne Systems has secured a potential $49 million US Air Force contract to provide atmospheric data collected by its fleet of 700 autonomous, AI-guided weather balloons.

  2. [BUSINESS] 5 sources
    WindBorne Systems secures up to $49 million U.S. Air Force contract

    WindBorne Systems has won a contract worth up to $49 million from the U.S. Air Force to supply atmospheric data via its fleet of 700 autonomous weather balloons.

Sources

columnadigital.com · digitalmarketreports.com · forux.it · it-boltwise.de · mezzogiornoitalia.it · osnews.pl · pcauthority.com.au · techcrunch.com · techjuice.pk