The U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Sonoma Technology, Inc. and Scintec Corporation extended thier Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) until March 30, 2021.

The purpose of the agreement is to provide additional five years of cooperation in radar wind profiler and other new technology for atmospheric measurements. The partners will make available wind profilers or components thereof, evaluate and advance new technological approaches, identify and explore new applications and elaborate user needs in terms of data management and display, in particular in the air quality, environmental and energy markets.