SBIR/STTR Research Award
A Tube-Deployed Expendable UAV for Atmospheric Sensing
Award amount
$399,997Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2019Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Commerce
- Branch
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Recipient company
- BARRON ASSOCIATES, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2019-06-27
- Contract end date
- 2022-06-23
- UEI
- C8FUKQKC9JB4
- Solicitation number
- NOAA2018-2
- Topic code
- 8.2.13
Research abstract
NOAA is pursuing sustained, in-situ sensing technology to support improved atmospheric modeling of the upper ocean boundary environment, including the air-sea interface, during turbulent storms. Improved atmospheric modeling in this critical region will lead to better forecasting and support NOAA's mandate to protect property and save lives.
Small, unmanned aircraft, equipped with atmospheric sensors, can utilize powered, guided flight to perform sustained atmospheric sampling at consistent altitudes in the critical storm region. The goal of this effort is to meld a dropsonde's sensing and expendable deployment attributes with a UAV's guided flight capability. Barron Associates is proposing to develop an atmospheric-sensor UAV that, like a dropsonde, can be tube-deployed from NOAA aircraft into remote regions.
Technology keywords
Not reported
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Awards with the same topic code
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- The S0 UAS, an Air Deployed Solution for Boundary Layer Observations in Turbulent Environments
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- A Tube-Deployed Expendable UAV for AtmosphericSensing
- Aerosol Instrumentation Package for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
- Development of a Compact Aerosol Instrumentation Suite for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Research funding history
331 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1987–2025). Reported award amounts total $130,507,041. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Commerce, Department of Education, Department of Energy
Contractor profile
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