# Navy gaining access to global network of data-collecting buoys via new CRADA

Sofar Ocean partners with Naval Meteorology for a 5-year deal to boost Navy's forecasting and data collection.

August 3, 2023

Sofar Ocean and the [Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command](https://www.cnmoc.usff.navy.mil/) 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.

[Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command](https://www.cnmoc.usff.navy.mil/) (CNMOC) is poised to reinforce and expand its hub of critical marine and weather data collection and prediction assets via a new five-year cooperative research-and-development agreement (CRADA) with technology startup Sofar Ocean. This new agreement builds on years of engagement between the organizations and other Defense Department components like the [Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency](https://www.darpa.mil/) (DARPA) and [Naval Research Laboratory](https://www.nrl.navy.mil/).

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