Weather Hazard Alert and Awareness Technology Radiation Radiosonde (WHAATRR) Glider
Project Description
High-Level Research Goals are to develop an onboard, real time weather sensor suite and processors for all aircraft that detects aviation weather hazards, uploads current radar (uses on-board radar for aircraft equipped), networks weather/radiation data with other WHAATRR equipped aircraft, has weather model data for the route of flight at preflight and updates that data during flight. The onboard processor then provides strategic, efficient and safe route changes to auto-pilots, pilots and operators, and distributes weather data to meteorologists and forecast modelers for forecast verification and model improvements and issues warnings with a safe route to avoid the hazard to the pilot and distributes that warning to other aircraft in the vicinity
More »Anticipated Benefits
Our objective is to develop a small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (sUAV) that can demonstrate safe flight operations in the National Airspace System (NAS), is capable of replacing the current radiosonde systems utilized worldwide, is reusable, longer in duration, can loiter and target/sense weather/radiation hazards and the surrounding environment.
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Primary U.S. Work Locations and Key Partners
| Organizations Performing Work | Role | Type | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
Armstrong Flight Research Center
(AFRC)
|
Lead Organization | NASA Center | Edwards, California |
Goddard Space Flight Center
(GSFC)
|
Supporting Organization | NASA Center | Greenbelt, Maryland |
| Honeywell International | Supporting Organization | Industry | |
|
Johnson Space Center
(JSC)
|
Supporting Organization | NASA Center | Houston, Texas |
|
Langley Research Center
(LaRC)
|
Supporting Organization | NASA Center | Hampton, Virginia |
| Space Environment Technologies, LLC | Supporting Organization | Industry | Pacific Palisades, California |
Primary U.S. Work Locations
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California
