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WindBorne wins a US Air Force contract worth up to $49 million for data from its AI weather balloons, per TechCrunch
Not confirmed by the company — reported on Oct 12, 2026 (source: techcrunch.com).
The US Air Force will buy atmospheric data from WindBorne Systems' fleet of about 700 autonomous weather balloons, which also feeds the startup's own deep-learning forecasting model, WeatherMesh 6. The contract is worth up to $49 million, is paid per order, and was awarded without competitive bidding; $1.7 million has been ordered so far. CTO Andrey Sushko said it is the largest contract the Redwood City company has been part of.
Source: TechCrunch
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