JetNet announced at EBACE a partnership with Flash Scientific Technology to provide the latter’s lightning-prediction technology to the aviation market. The company’s patented deep learning technology predicts lightning up to one hour in advance within a radius of less than one-half mile with 96.5 percent accuracy.
“JetNet has always served its customers with unique data sets that provide the industry’s deepest and most insightful intelligence, and this exclusive partnership will set the foundation for the next generation of weather prediction and forecasting,” said JetNet CEO Greg Fell.
“This is a big deal in our industry,” added Paul Cardarelli, JetNet v-p of sales, citing the safety of ground handlers and airport delays among the problems the technology can alleviate.