WindBorne wins Air Force weather-data contract worth up to $49 million
Overview
The U.S. Air Force will buy weather data from WindBorne Systems' fleet of about 700 autonomous balloons under a contract worth up to $49 million.
The Air Force pays only for orders it places, and has ordered $1.7 million so far, with more expected, according to TechCrunch.
WindBorne says the balloon data also feeds its WeatherMesh 6 forecasting model.
Written by AI from the articles below · updated Oct 12, 2:01 PM ET
Check the sources:
Article timeline
The articles in this story. Times are ET.
- TechCrunch · AINewsWindBorne wins up to $49 million US Air Force contract for balloon weather data
AIThe 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.
Heat trend
Not enough continuous observations to show a trend yet.