WindBorne wins up to $49 million US Air Force contract for balloon weather data
Original titleWindBorne wins a hefty US Air Force contract for its balloon data
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The U.S. Air Force will buy data from WindBorne Systems' fleet of about 700 autonomous weather balloons under a contract worth up to $49 million. The Air Force pays only for orders it places, and it has ordered $1.7 million so far, with more expected. WindBorne says the balloon data also feeds its WeatherMesh 6 forecasting model.
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The article links a government data purchase to WindBorne's balloon fleet and its weather model, showing how empirical data feeds deep-learning forecasting.
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