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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Air Force looks to solve wind farm radar interference

Wind farmThe Air Force is looking to hire a software modeling company to develop a tool to get around a growing problem: radar interference caused by wind turbines.

Officials at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., announced that they plan to award a two-year research and development contract to Analytical Graphics Inc. to develop a specialized version of the company’s Radar Obstruction Evaluation Model/Simulator that is to be ready for government validation when it’s completed. The value of the contract is estimated to be $450,000.

AGI’s simulator, known as ROEMS, works with the company’s Systems Tool Kit modeling program, which has been used by NASA, the Marine Corps and the Air Force on projects ranging from network architecture analysis to airborne early warning, according to the company.

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