Project Grant NA24OARX021G0029
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $1,299,988 Project Grant under its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to Space Balloon Technologies Corp, doing business as Spaceloon. The grant supports the development of Spaceloon's novel Controlled Altitude Ballooning (CAB) platform, which can perform bi-directional sampling across atmospheric layers from the troposphere to the mesosphere. The CAB technology involves a hardware and software combination that...
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded Windborne Systems Inc. $886,375.16 under the Weather and Air Quality Research program (CFDA 11.459) for a cooperative agreement running from August 1, 2021 to March 31, 2023. Windborne will utilize its high-altitude balloon platform to conduct observation campaigns evaluating the impact of atmospheric data collection on forecast skill. The company's long endurance balloons can actively control altitude from sea level to the...
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded Orbotic Systems Inc. a $1.3M Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant (CFDA 11.021) to continue development of the WIND (Wind Ion Neutral Density) instrument. The WIND instrument is designed to generate real-time, global ionospheric-thermospheric neutral density and wind ion data to enhance space weather forecasting and space debris risk mitigation. This builds upon Orbotic Systems' previous success with the...
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Weather and Air Quality Research program (CFDA 11.459) to Windborne Systems Inc., a small business based in Palo Alto, California. The funding supports the development of four key capabilities for Windborne's Global Sounding Balloon (GSB) platform: A dropsonde capable of measuring temperature, relative humidity, pressure, and wind speed/direction that can be deployed from the GSB....
- Grant Award Summary The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded $687,709 to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego under the Climate and Atmospheric Research program (CFDA 11.431) beginning September 1, 2025, and concluding August 31, 2028. The project delivers direct scientific measurements and observational data of vertical advection processes in the Pacific equatorial cold tongue region near 140°W, employing an array of six...
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded Dragoon Technology LLC $599,555.33 under the Small Business Innovation Research Program to develop a lightweight, long endurance unmanned aircraft system for tropical cyclone meteorological data collection. The SBIR program seeks to stimulate technological innovation through small business partnerships to meet federal research needs. Specifically, Dragoon will develop a sub-30 pound unmanned aircraft with over 24 hours of flight...
- 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...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $256,000 awarded on March 15, 2022 will fund Ladon Robotics LLC to develop autonomous, ocean-going cargo vessels powered by wind and solar energy under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084). The small business aims to integrate existing robotic and energy capture technologies with new wind/solar energy optimization software and autonomous contingency management systems. This has the potential to lower operating...
- 60Hertz Inc. was awarded a $295,808 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Small Business Innovation Research Program to develop an early warning system for soiling on solar energy assets. The company will use aerosol optical depth measurements from GOES-R ABI and on-site data to cue validation of soiling station and meteorological station data. This aims to help solar service companies move from reactive to proactive maintenance by identifying in...
- This $422,259 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) will fund the development of a novel "Spherical Sailing Omnidirectional Rovers" (SSAILORS) technology. The primary objective is to establish the first spherical, wind-powered rover capable of moving in all directions, enabling persistent and autonomous characterization of remote environments. Through a combined physical and control...
PURPOSE: L.GARDE PROPOSES THE SOLSTICE TEST PROGRAM TO ADVANCE THE TECHNOLOGY AND MANUFACTURING READINESS LEVEL (TRL & MRL) OF ITS VECTORED SOLAR SAILCRAFT FROM 4 TO 6 TO PROVIDE A COMMERCIALLY VIABLE SOLUTION TO NOAAS UNMET REQUIREMENTS FOR SOLAR WIND DATA FROM 0.98AU TO ENABLE ADVANCED SOLAR STORM WARNING. THIS TEST PROGRAM ADVANCES THE CURRENT NOAA/AEROSPACE SPACE WEATHER STUDY WITH L.GARDE TO DESIGN THE SOLSTICE VEHICLE AND MISSION TO SUB-L1. DURING THE PROPOSED 6-MONTH PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE THE L.GARDE LED TEAM WILL BUILD A FULL SCALE ENGINEERING TEST UNIT OF THE SOLSTICE VEHICLE BASED ON THE CURRENT STUDY DESIGN FOR GROUND DEPLOYMENT TESTING AND TO SERVE AS A MANUFACTURING PATHFINDER FOR THE SUBSEQUENT COMMERCIAL FLIGHT PROGRAM. THE SOLSTICE VEHICLE IS CAPABLE OF ACHIEVING AND MAINTAINING THIS DUTY STATION FOR A MINIMUM 5-YEAR MISSION. AS A COST-EFFECTIVE PLATFORM, SOLSTICE EXPANDS UPON NOAAS UNCREWED SYSTEMS STRATEGY OF COLLECTING CRITICAL AND TIME SENSITIVE DATA FROM TERRESTRIAL AIRCRAFT AND MARITIME SYSTEMS BY PLACING A UXS ABLE TO PROVIDE A NEW COMMERCIAL SOLAR WIND DATA SOURCE AT THE EDGE OF CISLUNAR SPACE. CONDITIONS IN A CORAL REEF, BEAMSEA ESTIMATES SALES REVENUE OF $5 MILLION FROM THIS SENSOR AND DERIVED SUBCOMPONENTS DURING THE FIRST 10 YEARS. ADDITIONAL DERIVED APPLICATIONS TO BE EVALUATED ARE SURVEY OF HYDROCARBON AND POLLUTION IMPACTED AREAS, AND FISHERIES HABITAT SURVEYS. SUMMARY OF ANTICIPATED RESULTS: DELIVERABLES FROM THE 6-MONTH EFFORT ARE THE GROUND DEMONSTRATION VEHICLE, DEPLOYMENT DATA, AND DETAILED COST AND SCHEDULE DATA TO BEING BUILDING THE SOLSTICE FLIGHT VEHICLE AS A COMMERCIAL EFFORT.
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| Not listed | $0 | 12/9/25 | ||
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| Not listed | $0 | 11/1/24 | ||
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| Not listed | $175.0k | 7/29/24 |