Sofar Ocean and the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command have entered into a five-year cooperative research and development agreement to explore collaboration opportunities aimed at enhancing the Navy's data gathering and weather forecasting capabilities.

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The partnership will leverage Sofar's data assimilation methods, marine sensing technology, and data-as-a-service platforms, with the goal of enabling improved decision-making by operational commanders. The signing of the agreement comes one year after the U.S. National Ice Center deployed a Sofar spotter buoy for North Pole patrol operations.