Project Grant 1660067

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded Hydrosat Inc. a $1,943,820 Phase II grant under the NOAA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 11.021) to develop high spatiotemporal resolution global satellite thermal infrared data products. Through this project, Hydrosat aims to mature the commercial onramp of its cutting-edge thermal infrared data, which has demonstrated significant potential to improve uncertainty reduction and anomaly detection for...

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....

Acme Atronomatic, LLC will develop an orbital data platform to improve wildfire resilience through a $300,000 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Small Business Innovation Research Program Project Grant awarded September 1, 2022 for completion by February 28, 2023. Leveraging hyperspectral measurements from its CubeSats, Acme will generate dynamic wildfire risk maps at relevant spatial and temporal scales to clarify resilience tradeoffs for stakeholders. The AI-enhanced data from...

This SBIR Phase I project, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, develops and tests an AI-driven foundation modeling framework of the atmosphere and ocean. The $304,943 award to Planette Analytics Inc. aims to provide businesses and governments with essential environmental intelligence to navigate volatility, including extreme weather events. The project's key focus is on creating an advanced multimodal AI...

This Project Grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center, under the Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001), provides $402,287.00 to Imagecat, Inc. to develop the "GEDI-RESILIENCE NAVIGATOR: GUIDING RESILIENCE THROUGH MODELING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE AND SEISMIC HAZARDS" from December 17, 2024 to December 16, 2026. Imagecat, Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business located in Long Beach, California, will...

This $304,963 SBIR Phase I project, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, aims to develop a constellation of small, high-altitude balloons for improved atmospheric data collection. The key product is a global network of long-duration, low-cost, lightweight weather balloons that can significantly reduce weather forecast uncertainty by filling data gaps over oceans and undersampled regions. The project's broader...

This $274,120 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of an "optical orbital hotspot network" to enhance satellite data collection and utilization. The award recipient, Spacerake, Inc., will focus on creating multi-access laser communication terminals and advancing orbital optical hotspot technology. This...

This SBIR Phase I Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, is funding the development of an autonomous unmanned aerial system (UAS) designed to monitor coastal erosion with high precision. The $305,000 award to Prime Pacific Enterprises LLC (doing business as Hawaii Pacific Drone Solutions) supports the creation of a control system that combines path planning, sensor-based position estimation, and...

The Synthetik Applied Technologies LLC project, funded through a $399,972 two-year Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Small Business Innovation Research Program, aims to develop a new low-cost hyperspectral imaging module and distributed deep learning platform to combat seafood fraud and illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing. The SBIR program seeks to stimulate technological innovation to meet federal research needs and increase...

This three-year, $193,160 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), supports the development of enhanced processing capabilities for the GMTSAR InSAR software. The University of California San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography will streamline GMTSAR to enable efficient processing of very large Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) data sets in cloud computing environments. Specifically, the...