Funding from the Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) will
further ruggedize and enhance the revolutionary Integrated Weather
Observation System (IWOS®), which was recently chosen as
the next-generation tactical weather station for the United States
Air Force.
TORRANCE, Calif., May 6, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Intellisense Systems Inc., a leading provider
of advanced environmental-sensing solutions, was awarded an AFWERX
Strategic and Tactical Funding Increase (STRATFI/TACFI) contract to
further improve the Integrated Weather Observation System
(IWOS®), a smaller, man-portable, tactical
meteorological observing system (TMOS) that addresses one of the
most pressing weather challenges in the Department of the Air
Force. This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) sequential
Phase II contract will provide funding to further ruggedize and
enhance the IWOS, which was recently selected as the primary
man-portable weather station used by the USAF in gathering
essential meteorological data from remote airfields in austere
terrain. The IWOS has already been deployed in remote and unmanned
landing zones around the world and should fully replace all TMOS
weather stations by 2027.
The Air Force Research Laboratory and AFWERX have partnered to
streamline the SBIR and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)
process by accelerating the small business experience through
faster proposal to award timelines, changing the pool of potential
applicants by expanding opportunities to small business and
eliminating bureaucratic overhead by continually implementing
process improvement changes in contract execution.
The IWOS consolidates over a dozen key weather parameter
sensors—including temperature, pressure, humidity, wind
speed/direction, and cloud layer height to 25,000 ft.—into a
single, ruggedized, and innovative interlocking cylindrical design.
The design enables end users to customize the system and monitor
the exact weather parameters they need. It weighs just 25 lbs.,
fits inside a single case, and takes only a few minutes for one
service member to install. By contrast, the previous remote weather
station consisted of multiple components, weighed approximately 100
lbs., and required more time and at least 2 to 3 service members to
set up. This solution will greatly improve the efficiency of USAF
operations and the safety of Air Force service members in hostile
terrain where meteorological data is limited and needed.
"The IWOS will soon be the most widely used tactical
weather station for the Air Force," said Christian Veeris, Vice-President of Corporate
Business Development at Intellisense Systems. "It supplies
warfighters with a ruggedized, high-fidelity weather sensing
solution in an innovative, small form-factor package. It provides
our servicemen and women with an agile, light, and highly accurate
solution in dangerous terrain. This contract award is really a
credit to our team who have revolutionized tactical weather
stations with the IWOS."
About Intellisense Systems, Inc.
Intellisense
Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of advanced sensing and display
solutions supporting a data continuum from acquisition to
visualization. Our hardware and software solutions turn raw data
into useful information for improved decision-making and process
automation. Our services include research and development, design,
systems integration, prototyping, production, testing, field
support, and training. Headquartered in the South Bay area of
Los Angeles, the company occupies
80,000 square feet within our Torrance campus. Our ISO 9001:2015/AS9100D-
and AS9110-certified manufacturing facilities include electronics
fabrication, unit qualification testing, and volume production with
full quality assurance.
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