STRATOSOLUTIONS INC — Department of Commerce SBIR Phase II: 9.4
STRATOSOLUTIONS INC — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Commerce.
Phase II SBIR prototype / development signal
- Phase II is where Department of Commerce funds deeper R&D after feasibility. Incumbents with Phase II history are serious competitors on adjacent topics.
- Use this award as past-performance context and to map customer organizations for STRATFI/TACFI-style transition planning.
- Obligated amount $500,000 is consistent with substantial Phase II-scale effort; compare to related awards from the same agency.
- Topic code 9.4 links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
- Amount
- $500,000
- Agency
- Department of Commerce · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- 9.4
- Solicitation
- NOAA-OAR-OAR- TPO-2022-2007174
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- IL
- Period
- 2022-08-01 → 2024-07-31
Description
There is a clear need to improve weather forecasting accuracy. The greatest contributions to forecast uncertainty is a lack of meteorological observations over remote areas and areas experiencing pronounced convective activity. StratoSolutions’ new high-altitude balloon (HAB) platform with mini-dropsonde is a disruptive new uncrewed meteorological observation data source able to collect data at regular intervals over the course of several days from remote regions in a cost-effective manner. This will result in reliable and accurate observations with high vertical resolution from remote areas of the globe benefit multiple industries and provide improved early forecasting. In this effort, HAB launch campaigns will be performed targeting tropical storms in the Atlantic and atmospheric rivers in the Pacific. Weather data will be collected and assimilated into weather models to determine forecast improvement against existing forecasts and actual weather conditions.