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Teledyne Optech
Company type Private
Industry Laser Surveying, Lidar
Founded 1974
Headquarters Vaughan , Ontario , Canada
Key people
Allan Carswell (Founder) Michel Stanier (General Manager)
Website Teledyne Optech home page

Teledyne Optech is a for-profit company operating since 1974, and focusing on Laser -based survey systems. It started as Optech Incorporated , and was purchased by Teledyne Technologies in 2015. [1]

Optech Inc is known for its association with Phoenix , a spacecraft launched for Mars in 2007.

The company [ edit ]

The company is active in the markets of airborne laser terrain mapping systems, airborne laser bathymetry , industrial and 3D imaging, and space lidar solutions.

Optech's founder is Allan Carswell , who in 2006 received the John H. Chapman Award of Excellence by the Canadian Space Agency . [2]

Robert D. Richards , Optech's former Space Division director, received an honorary doctorate ( Doctor of Space Achievement honoris causa ) from the International Space University which he co-founded with Peter Diamandis and Todd Hawley in 1987. [3]

The company is described as a world leader in laser-based survey instruments [4] and has 33 years of experience in lidars. [ citation needed ] Optech Incorporated created the world's first purpose-built mobile lidar platform, the Lynx Mobile Mapper, released in 2007. [ citation needed ]

In April 2012, Teledyne Technologies announced an increase in ownership of Optech by its subsidiary, Teledyne Dalsa , to a majority stake of 51%. [5]

Association with Phoenix [ edit ]

The company designed the lidar (laser radar ) of the Meteorological Station Lidar Sensor (MET) on the Phoenix Mars lander. [6] [7] The lidar was built in collaboration with MDA Space Missions , Canadian Space Agency , and scientists from Canada and United States . [8]

Dr Carswell was also the originating Canadian Principal Investigator for the Phoenix mission. [4]

Other projects [ edit ]

Optech, in association with MDA , also provided the lidar sensors of the United States Air Force 's XSS-11 mission. [4]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "Teledyne Acquires Remaining Interest in Optech" (Press release). Toronto, Ontario. 30 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Optech's Founder, Dr. Allan Carswell, honored with the John H. Chapman Award of Excellence by the Canadian Space Agency" (Press release). Toronto, Ontario: Optech Incorporated. 25 May 2006. Archived from the original on 8 February 2012 . Retrieved 24 November 2012 .
  3. ^ "Optech Space Division Director receives Honourary [ sic ] Doctorate" (Press release). Toronto, Ontario: Optech Incorporated. 2005-08-29 . Retrieved 2012-11-24 .
  4. ^ a b c "Partners in the Phoenix Mission" . Canadian Space Agency. 2008-05-14.
  5. ^ "PRESS RELEASE: Teledyne Increases Ownership Stake in Optech" . Teledyne DALSA Inc. 2012-04-03.
  6. ^ "Flight Hardware" . Optech Incorporated. 2006 . Retrieved 2012-11-24 .
  7. ^ "Mars mission a giant leap for York's space scientists" . Y-File, York University's News Source . York University. 2003-08-06.
  8. ^ Optech (2007-07-31). "Optech Plays Key Role in NASA's Phoenix Mars Mission" . Vaughan, Ontario: GISuser.com . Retrieved 2012-11-24 .

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