FLYHT Aerospace Solutions Ltd. announced that it was awarded, through FLYHT's wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, FLYHT Inc. contracts valued at USD 500,000, with an additional USD 2.8 million in options, by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide its water vapour sensor technology to help the U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) improve weather forecasting and warnings. The agreement is an expansion of FLYHT's long-standing relationship with NOAA and a recognition of the important role that aircraft-based observations (ABOs) play in improving weather forecasting and warning models. The agreement provides NOAA with an initial package of FLYHT-WVSS-II sensors that will be fully integrated with FLYHT's Certus SatCom and AFIRS Edge multi-channel WQAR for real-time data transmission.

In addition to the hardware, FLYHT will provide ABOs throughout flight, including during ascent, descent, and while en route. The initial hardware, funded with the fiscal year 2023 appropriations, is expected to be installed before the end of summer 2024. To provide NOAA with additional humidity observations in this area of interest, FLYHT is partnering with an airline that flies routes and provides service in this data sparse region.

The FLYHT-WVSS-II sensor can provide better ABOs that can then be used to better predict extreme weather events and help to protect lives and property.