MZA ASSOCIATES CORPORATION — Department of Defense STTR Phase I: AF22D-T003
MZA ASSOCIATES CORPORATION — STTR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
Phase I STTR feasibility signal
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- Obligated amount $149,965. Cross-check similar awards in the same agency and technology tags for going-rate context.
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- Amount
- $149,965
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Air Force
- Program / Phase
- STTR · Phase I
- Topic
- AF22D-T003
- Solicitation
- 22.D
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- NM
- Period
- 2023-06-02 → 2024-03-05
Description
MZA Associates Corporation has teamed with the University of Central Florida (UCF) to design and develop a new integrated sensor called the Forecasting Atmospheric Sensing Transceiver (FAST). The FAST terminal is designed to measure in-situ sub-second turbulence profiles. The high temporal resolution of the turbulence and weather data enables a machine learning approach for predicting the atmospheric conditions along the path the next few seconds in the future. The phase I effort is focused on developing the FAST sensing methodology, enabling and interfacing sub-second reporting weather instrumentation, developing a machine learning approach for sub-second prediction, and preforming preliminary field validation experiments. The analysis and testing will determine the feasibility and effectiveness for providing sub-second forecasting. The proposed 9 month effort will result in a preliminary design and prepare MZA for building a full FAST prototype in Phase II.