Federal award (DEFINITIVE CONTRACT, fiscal year 2021)
Recipient: BEYOND PHOTONICS, LLC
Awarding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Funding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Period of performance: 2017-06-14 to 2021-12-17
Current total value of award: $1799825
Description: THE ADVANCED COHERENT DETECTION WIND SPACE PATHFINDER (WIND SP) LIDAR DIRECTLY ADVANCES THE OVERALL TECHNOLOGY MATURATION AND READINESS OF COHERENT DETECTION WIND MEASUREMENTS TOWARDS THE 3D GLOBAL WIND SPACE MISSION. IT REPRESENTS A MAJOR NEXT STEP THAT WILL RESULT IN A NEW INSTRUMENT THAT MATCHES FORM, FIT, AND FUNCTION OF THE LIDAR SUBSYSTEM WITH A SPACEREADY INSTRUMENT WHILE RETAINING APPROPRIATE ALIGNMENT ACCESSIBILITY. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE WIND SPACE PATHFINDER ACTIVITY IS TO DESIGN, DEVELOP, AND DEMONSTRATE A NEXT GENERATION COHERENT DETECTION WIND LIDAR THAT REPRESENTS A MAJOR STEP TOWARDS THE ULTIMATE WIND SPACE MISSION.