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Open Call for Innovative Defense-Related Dual-Purpose Technologies/Solutions with a Clear Air Force Stakeholder Need
Award last edited on: 10/18/2022

Sponsored Program
SBIR
Awarding Agency
DOD : AF
Total Award Amount
$999,749
Award Phase
2
Solicitation Topic Code
AF192-001
Principal Investigator
David W Gallagher

Company Information

Orbital Micro Systems Inc

3100 Arapahoe Avenue Suite 501
Boulder, CO 80303
   (970) 372-5399
   info@orbitalmicro.com
   www.orbitalmicro.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 02
County: Boulder

Phase I

Contract Number: FA8649-19-P-A027
Start Date: 8/2/2019    Completed: 8/2/2020
Phase I year
2019
Phase I Amount
$49,999
Orbital Micro Systems intends to submit for Air Force Space Pitch Day. WeatherRecord is a dual-use combined hardware/software system embedded on OMS' GEMS satellites to deliver real-time severe weather alerts directly to pilots and ground-based military and commercial end users. WeatherRecord is a sensor/data type agnostic capability that can handle customer specified parametric alert thresholding and pre-launch algorithm training via historical data sets. WeatherRecord integrates both space and ground segments for data collection, processing, and product delivery.

Phase II

Contract Number: FA8808-20-C-0018
Start Date: 11/5/2019    Completed: 11/5/2020
Phase II year
2020
Phase II Amount
$949,750
This proposal covers the military use of Orbital Micro Systems' (OMS) WeatherRecord system. WeatherRecord is an anomaly detection/alert system providing near-real-time Nowcast weather data to users. OMS is developing and deploying a commercial fleet of 48 CubeSat-based passive microwave radiometers called the Global Environmental Monitoring System (GEMS). Data collected in these bands provides a unique, 3-dimensional view of atmospheric temperature, humidity, and precipitation. In combination with GEMS data, WeatherRecord can produce near real-time alerts that provide location, precipitation intensity, temperature and altitude of weather events. Potential users of this Nowcasting product include: commercial pilots in flight and their airlines, military pilots, the 557th weather wing, maritime operations, Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the Navy weather center, FNMOC, SOCOM, ACC and even DARPA.