SAM #1305M2HALE

NOAA RFI for HALE/HAPS uncrewed aircraft and persistent stratospheric observation services

NOAA is gathering market information on high-altitude uncrewed aircraft for persistent stratospheric observations. - Opportunity: NOAA’s Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO), through its Uncrewed Systems Operations Center (UxSOC), issued a Request for Information (RFI) on high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) and high-altitude platform station (HAPS) uncrewed aircraft systems. - RFI status: This is market research, not a request for quotes or proposals. No contract award, vendor selection, submission deadline, or contract period is provided. - Desired platform capabilities: 30–60 days of flight, with an ultimate endurance goal of 3–4 months; operation above 40,000 feet; broad geographic coverage, including high latitudes; and real-time telemetry and command. - Mission and payload needs: Scientific observation of biological and coastal imagery, atmospheric chemistry, ocean meteorology and severe storms, surface remote sensing, and airborne radio occultation. NOAA seeks information on payload integration, size, weight, power and cost (SWaP-C), winter power at high latitudes, and vertical profiling. - Service and vendor information requested: End-to-end mission execution, including aircraft, operators, telemetry routing, payload integration, deployment lead time, data processing and delivery, storage and retention, value-added data products, and pricing. Vendors are asked for cost information for 30–90-day flights. - Named receiver examples: PlanetiQ and Spire Global receivers are cited as examples for airborne radio occultation; no specific aircraft OEM or platform is named.

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