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Weather intelligence engineered for military operations

Decades of commercial atmospheric measurement and AI-native forecasting in a sensor-to-decision system ready for the command center.

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Vaisala Xweather is a selected partner for the most demanding organizations

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Operational impact across domains

Make better decisions faster.

The world's most adaptive AI-powered forecast and detection systems, grounded in sensors, refined by science, and optimized for real decisions.

Air operations

  • Increase sortie availability

  • Improve UAV mission success

  • Reduce weather-related flight risk

Xweather Protect about Air operations

Ground operations

  • Improve mobility assessment

  • Optimize logistics routes

  • Enhance force protection

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Maritime operations

  • Support fleet maneuver

  • Improve amphibious operation planning

  • Increase port and harbor readiness

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Space and ISR

  • Improve sensor effectiveness

  • Enable launch go/no-go decisions

  • Enhance collection planning

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Validation and proof

Proven in operational military environments

  • Operational contracts: Atmo.ai forecasting is currently in use on USAF and US Navy missions.

  • Global footprint: Vaisala instrumentation operates in 170+ countries, delivering 300+ projects annually.

  • Decades of trust: Allied defense forces and meteorological institutions have trusted Vaisala since the 1930s.

  • Leader in lightning: We detect the precise time and location of over 2 billion lightning events every year.

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90 years

of measurement heritage

170 + countries

operating Vaisala instrumentation

300 + projects

delivered annually

Built for allied, secure operations

Security and data integrity

The architecture is designed to resist adversarial interference, so observations reach the forecast intact.

Operationally proven globally

Trusted by the US Air Force, the US Navy, and other defense forces, Atmo.ai forecasts are operational in active deployments.

NATO aligned

Committed to allied military forces and fully NATO/STANAG compliant.

Secure, sovereign systems

HMAC-SHA256-signed radiosonde messages, per-sounding secret keys, and an anti-jamming/anti-spoofing design (RS41-SGM) to maintain data integrity in the field.

From situational awareness to mission-relevant operational insight​

01Now: Situational awareness
  • Real-time monitoring of weather conditions​

  • Station observations, radar, lightning, satellite, and alerts​

  • Providing the lens for weather-sensitive operations

02Next: Hyper-local forecasts
  • High-resolution forecast guidance​

  • Rapid-refresh intelligence for changing conditions​

  • Location-specific risk guidance​

03Impact: decision-ready intelligence
  • Weather-informed risk indicators​

  • Planning, readiness, and resource prioritization​

  • Assess impacts to support commander decisions​

Proven foundation

2,000+ subscription customers

  • Commercial operational reliability underpins scalable, mission-critical weather intelligence.

  • American Airlines, Amazon, Pfizer, Waymo, and NASA trust Xweather.

  • Defense-relevant foundation and trusted observations since the 1930s.

  • Forecasts, APIs, and intelligence services for integration.

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Domain applications

Solutions for defense operators

User

Technical experts, autonomous platform operators, and command personnel.

Challenge

Operating in disconnected environments requires localized, highly accurate weather data that can feed autonomous platforms and C2 systems directly, without relying on vulnerable continuous cloud connectivity.

Solution

Xweather's decision system acts as a sovereign alternative for AI-enabled weather intelligence. It integrates hardware sensors directly with AI-native models deployed at the edge, turning raw data into an immediate decision layer.

Impact
  • Maintain operational capability in denied communications environments.

  • Deliver structured, real-time input that mission-planning and autonomous platforms can act on directly.

  • Secure data integrity with anti-jamming and anti-spoofing architecture.

  • Streamline procurement through one vendor, sensor to decision.

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Weather, engineered for mission success