The IWOS was developed in response to a competitive solicitation through the U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD) Small Business Innovation Research Science & Technology Directorate (SBIR S&T). Intellisense Systems was awarded multi-phase contracts to develop a mobile weather station that is competitive with larger, permanent environmental-monitoring systems in terms of range, resolution, and accuracy. Leveraging our experience with the proven Micro Weather Station (MWS®), the IWOS consolidates many weather observation capabilities using a ruggedized, interlocking cylindrical design. It combines over a dozen key weather parameters, including temperature, pressure, humidity, wind speed/direction, and cloud layer height to 25,000 ft, with data processing, data logging, a solar power system, and secure communications to help maintain the USAF's domain advantage anywhere in the world.
"The IWOS is truly the next generation weather system for the DoD," said David Miller, Vice-President and General Manager of Tactical Systems at Intellisense. "It is designed to supply warfighters with an all-in-one weather sensing solution in an innovative small form-factor package, and we are proud to be supporting our servicemen and women with an agile and highly accurate solution. It has taken three-and-a-half years to fully develop the IWOS, which is extremely fast for an industry where the incumbent competitors take over a decade to develop and qualify new sensor technology."
The IWOS is currently in its final phase of development, which will focus on qualification testing and transitioning the system into full-rate production. It is being fully developed and manufactured at Intellisense's headquarters in Torrance, California. This final development phase is expected to be completed in 2023, and the USAF will begin replacing their existing systems around the world over the next few years.
SOURCE Intellisense Systems, Inc.
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