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Putting the award page together from the records…
PURPOSE:THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT LOCAL WEATHER SYSTEMS IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE, ENABLING THE SAFE INTEGRATION OF SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES AND ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY AIRCRAFT INTO THE NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED:THE RESEARCHERS WILL CREATE A METHOD TO STANDARDIZE AND TRACE COMMERCIAL UAS AND ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY (AAM) ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS. THE PROJECT WILL DEVELOP PROTOCOLS AND STANDARDS FOR THE UNMANNED AIRCRAFT METEOROLOGICAL DATA REPORT. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO EVALUATE EXISTING MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS THAT MAY SUPPORT AAM OPERATIONS, PARTICULARLY RELATED TO WEATHER IMPACTS RELATED TO SEVERE WEATHER AND FIRE. THE RESEARCHERS WILL ALSO DEVELOP CURRICULA TO HELP THE AVIATION COMMUNITY APPLY THE NEW TECHNOLOGY.EXPECTED OUTCOMES:THIS PROJECT WILL DEMONSTRATE A NOVEL, COST-EFFECTIVE METHOD TO SUPPORT THE INTEGRATION OF WEATHER SENSORS IN COMMERCIAL UAS AND AAM AIRCRAFT. THE PROPOSED SYSTEM IS ESSENTIAL FOR GATHERING LOCAL WEATHER DATA AND ESTABLISHING A WEATHER INFORMATION DISSEMINATION NETWORK. THE PROJECT WILL DEMONSTRATE DYNAMIC PATH PLANNING BASED ON LOCAL WEATHER DATA.INTENDED BENEFICIARIES:THIS PROJECT FACILITATES THE SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE INTEGRATION OF SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS AND ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY INTO THE NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM. THE TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS WILL ALSO BENEFIT THE BROADER AVIATION COMMUNITY. THE ENHANCED COVERAGE AND PRECISION OF LOW-ALTITUDE WEATHER DATA OFFER SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS TO THE HELICOPTER-BASED EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES COMMUNITY OPERATING WITHIN THE SAME AIRSPACE, HELPING TO MITIGATE THEIR OPERATIONAL RISKS. THE METEOROLOGY COMMUNITY WILL BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE THIS DATA TO REFINE WEATHER PRODUCTS AND EXTEND WARNING TIMES FOR POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS CONTRIBUTING TO SAFETY MEASURES FOR VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS WITHIN THE AIRSPACE ECOSYSTEM.SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES:THE RECIPIENT PLANS TO SUB-AWARD FUNDS FOR CONSULTING SERVICES TO PROVIDE ENGINEERING SUPPORT AND DATA ANALYSIS.
SpendQuery holds FY2023 on; earlier years are on USAspending.gov.
No subawards reported for this award. Primes report subawards of $30,000 or more; many awards have none.
1 action since 2024-09-18. Each is a modification or amendment with the money it added or took back.
| Date | Amendment | Kind | Amount | What the agency wrote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-18 | 0 | New award | $5.50M | PURPOSE:THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT LOCAL WEATHER SYSTEMS IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE, ENABLING THE SAFE INTEGRATION OF SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES AND ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY AIRCRAFT INTO THE NATIONAL AIRSPACE… |
Source: USAspending.gov prime award transactions and FSRS subaward reports, as loaded by SpendQuery (data as of 2026-09-30). Amounts are obligations (money committed), not outlays. The official record on USAspending.gov ↗