Project Grant NND16AP09A

This Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 11.021) provides $1,299,988 in funding to Space Balloon Technologies Corp (dba Spaceloon) to develop a novel Controlled Altitude Ballooning (CAB) platform. The objective is to create a market-ready, semi-automatic ultra-high-altitude balloon system capable of performing bi-directional sampling across multiple atmospheric layers, from the troposphere...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $200,000 to the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology to develop data assimilation algorithms and models that can estimate atmospheric density on satellites in low-Earth orbit based on their global navigation satellite system (GNSS) data. The key products and services to be delivered under this 2-year project include: Developing Kalman filter-based algorithms to separate the effects...

The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded Stratosolutions Inc. a $150,000 Project Grant under the NOAA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program on September 1, 2021 to be completed by February 28, 2022. The grant funds Stratosolutions Inc. to integrate miniaturized dropsondes onto high altitude pseudo-satellite unmanned aerial vehicles to validate weather data collection capabilities not currently possible. Dropsondes are one of the only viable...

The National Science Foundation awarded Urban Sky Theory Inc. a $254,685 Project Grant under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) from January 1, 2022 to September 30, 2022. The grant funds the development of the Microballoon: Precisely-Placeable Stratospheric Balloon. The Engineering program seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through fostering innovation and excellence in engineering research. This award supports Urban Sky Theory's work to advance...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $250,221 Project Grant to The Regents of the University of Colorado to support HIGH-ALTITUDE TURBULENCE AND PARTICULATE MEASUREMENTS NEAR THE BOLT-II FLIGHT TRAJECTORY. The grant period runs from December 1, 2021 through May 30, 2023. Under the grant, the University of Colorado will conduct research and measurements to study high-altitude turbulence and particulates along the planned flight path of the BOLT-II...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $1,949,931 Project Grant to Anuma Aerospace Corporation under the NOAA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 11.021). The funding supports the development of the Persistently-Elevated, Gas-Free, Aerostatic Sensor Utility System (PEGASUS), a data buoy-like system that will continuously collect and transmit weather data from the marine atmospheric boundary layer. PEGASUS leverages Anuma Aerospace's patented...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded Black Swift Technologies LLC a $395,601 project grant under the NOAA Small Business Innovation Research Program to enable beyond line-of-sight unmanned aircraft system operations through a diverse-source global positioning system. The two-year project beginning February 2021 will develop technology to supplement GPS signals and allow unmanned aircraft to operate safely outside of a pilot's visual line of sight. The NOAA SBIR program...

This $124,791 federal Project Grant awarded on July 1, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.212 - Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program) to Near Space Labs Inc. is funding the design, prototyping and testing of a lightweight, high-resolution optical telescope system capable of providing 2-4 inch aerial imagery of rural properties from stratospheric balloons at 60,000 ft....

Seaflight Technologies Inc. will develop novel aerodynamic circulation control technologies for electric aircraft wings through this $275,000 National Science Foundation Project Grant awarded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084). The one-year project will advance research and development of high-lift wing designs using electric jet circulation control to increase maximum lift coefficients and enable longer range for small electric aircraft. Computational...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $500,000.00 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Weather and Air Quality Research program (CFDA 11.459) supports the development of advanced weather sensing capabilities by Windborne Systems Inc., a small business based in Palo Alto, California. The key products and services to be delivered include: A dropsonde system capable of carrying temperature, relative humidity, pressure, and wind speed/direction sensors that can...