# Meteorological Data Sources for Planning and Executing - U.S. Department of Defense Precision Airdrop Operations

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/aflcmchbmk24161

- Solicitation number: AFLCMC_HBMK_24-161
- Notice type: Sources sought
- Status: Closed. Deadline was August 1, 2024 at 4:00 PM EDT
- Department: Department of the Air Force
- Agency: Department of the Air Force
- Contracting office: FA2318 AFLCMC C3MK (FA2318)
- NAICS: 334519 Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing
- Place of performance: Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts
- County: Middlesex County (FIPS 25017). https://abierto.us/counties/middlesex-county-ma-25017
- City: Hanscom AFB. https://abierto.us/cities/hanscom-afb-ma-2528425
- First posted: June 27, 2024
- Last posted: June 27, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/978c426784a444d591b0224ffcdad227/view

## Description

Currently, Dropsondes are released from the airdrop aircraft on the first pass near the planned drop zone to collect localized wind information and compute an optimized air release point and launch acceptability region. During descent, the dropsonde data is transmitted to the aircraft, transferred to the JPADS-MP, and used to compute an air release point. The aircraft must then make a second pass over the objective area to deliver the payload.

A new technology is requested by Air Mobility Command to get weather data quicker and more efficiently to mitigate having to do multiple passes over a drop zone. The goal is to obtain the weather data quick enough that the airdrop mission can be executed within one pass, creating efficiency and fuel savings.

## Publications

- June 27, 2024: Sources sought, due August 1, 2024 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice 978c426784a444d591b0224ffcdad227. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/978c426784a444d591b0224ffcdad227/view

## Points of contact

- Matthew MacEachern, matthew.maceachern@us.af.mil, 781-225-5909
- Kelley Fahy, kelley.fahy@us.af.mil, 781-225-9322

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