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Lockheed Martin Invests in Weather Tech Company
The Switzerland-based company boasts street-level weather modeling
A Meteomatics Meteodrone, which can fly up to 20,000 feet and collect data along to accurately map the weather in the mid and lower atmosphere.
A Meteomatics Meteodrone can fly up to 20,000 feet and collect data to accurately map the weather in the mid and lower atmosphere.

Lockheed Martin Ventures, the venture investment arm of Lockheed Martin Corp., is hoping for a bright forecast in its latest strategic investment—weather forecasting technology company Meteomatics. Lockheed said the investment will allow Meteomatics, founded in 2012 by German mathematician Martin Fengler, to expand its technology into industries such as aviation and defense.

Meteomatics boasts weather modeling technology with a resolution down to the equivalent of street level with hourly updates. The company said the technology will allow for the observation of phenomena such as hail, thunder, wind, and other weather features on a close-up level. By contrast, most government weather observation technology operates at resolutions of roughly 6 to 30 miles and only updates several times a day.