DeTect Inc
DeTect, Inc. specializes in remote sensing technologies and systems for aviation safety, security surveillance, environmental management, weather detection and wind measurement supporting projects worldwide. DeTect is the world leader in development, deployment and support of radar systems for aircraft birdstrike avoidance, avian risk assessment and migratory research. The company is a U.S. corporation (Florida) headquartered in Panama City, Florida, USA with divisional offices in the U.S. in Colorado, Kentucky and Virginia and in Nova Scotia, Canada. The company additionally maintains representative offices in over 80 countries worldwide.
DeTect professionals have proven track records in delivering cost-effective, workable solutions for high profile, diverse, complex projects offering the highest level of service and support. DeTect customers include the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Air National Guard, U.S. Army, U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), U. S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the Government of the United Kingdom, the Government of Canada, major airports, energy companies and industries worldwide. The company has supported projects in throughout the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, Africa, Asia and New Zealand.
DeTect products include:
Aircraft birdstrike avoidance radars- Avian survey & mortality risk mitigation radars
- Bird control radar systems
- Airspace & marine surveillance radars
- Aircraft detection, surveillance & gap filler radars
- NEXRAD environmental data products & networks
- Boundary layer & Tropospheric radar wind profilers
- Low cost weather radars
- Visibility sensors
- Lightning detectors
DeTect service solutions include:
- Bird-Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH) Management
- Airfield & industrial bird & Wildlife Risk Assessment & Control
- Wind Energy Project Bird & Bat Impact Assessment & Risk Mitigation
- Radar System Solutions Engineering, Design & Development
- Data Analysis & Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
Staff & Facility Resources:
Professional staff resources include over 60 experienced engineers, scientists, aviation safety specialists and technicians that are experts in remote sensing, radar engineering, system integration and environmental management. Our specialized expertise in BASH and wind energy avian risk management includes a unique combination of top radar ornithologists, biologists, engineers, and programmers that provide DeTect clients with the most experienced team of experts in remote sensing of birds and bats in the world - with specific expertise in design, construction and operation of bird/wildlife detection systems for real-time aviation safety and environmental management.
Facility resources include over 30,000 square feet of office, laboratory and manufacturing space in Florida and Colorado to support design, development, assembly and testing of radar systems. Research resources include radar test sites in Florida and Colorado for components and software development, testing and calibration.
The Florida test facility is located at the end of the Panama City International Airport (IAP) runway that provides a “real world” test environment for the company's aviation safety and surveillance products; the Colorado facility includes a NOAA test and calibration facility for radar wind profilers. DeTect radar systems are built to industrial and U.S. military (MILSPEC) standards and incorporate commercial-off-the shelf (COTS) components where possible in order to offer its customers lowered cost of acquisition, lower cost of ownership and ongoing technology insertion and upgrade opportunities over the life of the system.
Experience
DeTect systems are in use at facilities and projects worldwide with a proven record of exceptional performance, reliability and operability and over 400,000 hours of successful operating experience. The USAF has purchased six MERLIN systems to date based on a documented record of reducing aircraft-birdstrike damage and NASA, after evaluation of technologies, selected DeTect's MERLIN system to support space shuttle launch safety, recently ordering second MERLIN system to support the U.S. space program. With DeTect, customers are getting more than a radar system - DeTect provides comprehensive application support with each system that includes full concept-of-operations (CONOPS) development, system integration and site-specific operation training. Each system is supported by DeTect's team of application specialists who have extensive backgrounds and experience in radar systems design, manufacture, siting and operational use.