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Snapshot · OMB 2025 inventory · processed Oct 11, 2026
DOT · DOT-1000027 · record R1224

Determining Surface Winds with Machine Learning Software

Department of Transportation · FAA ANG

Overview

Development stage
In development or acquisitionSource: a) Pre-deployment – The use case is in a development or acquisition status.
High-impact designation
Not high-impactSource: c) Not high-impact
Impact justification
Not reported
Start date
Not reported
Withheld from public reporting
NoSource: a) No

Mission

Topic area
Transportation
Operational functions
No function tag matched Derived by keyword rules; see methodology

Problem the AI is intended to solve

Successfully demonstrated use of an AI capability to analyze camera images of a wind sock to produce highly accurate surface wind speed and direction information in remote areas that don’t have a weather observing sensor.

Expected benefits

Not reported

System outputs

Not reported

Technology

AI classification
Other
System name(s)
Not reported
Custom-developed code
No
Public source code
Not reported

Sourcing

How it was built
Not reported
Vendor (as reported)
Not reported
Vendors (standardized)
None on the standard list

A vendor is the supplier named by the agency. It does not identify the underlying model or AI technology.

Data and privacy

Involves PII
Not reported
Privacy Impact Assessment
No
Authorization to Operate
Yes
Demographic features
Not reported
Training and evaluation data
Not reported
Federal Data Catalog
Not reported

Governance

0 of 8 minimum-practice questions answered. A blank answer means the agency reported nothing; it does not mean the practice is absent.

Pre-deployment testingNo answer reported
AI impact assessmentNo answer reported
Independent reviewNo answer reported
Ongoing monitoringNo answer reported
Operator trainingNo answer reported
Fail-safeNo answer reported
Appeal processNo answer reported
User and public consultationNo answer reported

Potential impacts and how they were identified

Not reported