SBIR/STTR Research Award
A Distributed Platform Automated Balloonsonde Launcher
Award amount
$74,998Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2002Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Commerce
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- ADA TECHNOLOGIES LLC
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- NQEGVMEYYRT9
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
Atmospheric researchers rely heavily on balloon-borne sondes to obtain altitude-dependent data called ¿vertical sounding zprofiles." Typically, trained personnel on land or sea vessels manually launch balloons at substantial cost. A relatively low-cost, adaptable, and portable automated launcher suitable for land and marine applications is highly desired. Building upon earlier work, ADA Technologies proposes to create an expandable, automated launcher "base component" for ready use by others building sophisticated new research tools. ADA will further develop its distributed "launch-module" concept to permit balloon releases in cold temperatures, gusting and sustained winds, and precipitation. Sonde pre- launch conditioning and calibration requirements will also be addressed.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
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- Safe, Wide-temperature Range, Long Life 0V Storage-capable Batteries for Army Ground Vehicle Applications
- Conformable High Energy Density LiS Battery as Power Source for Unmanned Air Vehicles and Directed Energy Weapons
- Conformable High Energy Density LiS Battery as Power Source for Avionics & Sensors in Hypersonic Platforms
- Safe, Wide-temperature Range, Long Life 0V Storage-capable Batteries for Army Ground Vehicle Applications
Research funding history
274 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1985–2025). Reported award amounts total $89,993,036. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration