Bear River's Labor Market and Economy: Utah State University lands big contract for weather sensors

Friday, November 19, 2010

Utah State University lands big contract for weather sensors

Better information about storms and unpredictable weather in Utah and around the world is on the way, thanks to a new collaboration involving Utah State University's Space Dynamics Lab. The lab is teaming up with Nevada-based company GeoMetWatch to design and build weather-sensing instruments for satellites. "We're anticipating that the sensor contracts at Utah State will be about $60 to $70 million each for six sensors, so around $420 million" in all, said David Crain, GeoMetWatch CEO. Deseret News

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