DeTect, Inc. – Aircraft Birdstrike Avoidance Radars - Bird Radar - Avian Radar Systems – Radar Wind Profilers – Security Radars – Weather Radars

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DeTect, Inc. specializes in remote sensing technologies and systems for aviation safety, security surveillance, environmental management, wind energy and wind measurement supporting projects worldwide with over 150 radar systems installed and operating worldwide. DeTect is fully integrated radar company headquartered in Panama City, Florida, USA with company-owned manufacturing facilities in Florida and Colorado and service centers in the US in California, Texas and Virginia (Washington, DC); in Alberta and Montreal, Canada; and in the United Kingdom and Poland. The company additionally has representative offices in over 80 countries to support its systems worldwide. DeTect is the world leader in bird radar technologies for aircraft birdstrike avoidance, avian survey and mortality risk mitigation, and industrial bird control with over 90 bird radars installed worldwide to date. The Company's RAPTOR Radar Wind Profiler is the most advanced wind measurement radar available and was was selected by the US National Weather Service for the US Next Generation National Profiler Network.
DeTect radar product applications include:

Bird-aircraft strike risk alerting
Bird & bat survey & risk mitigation
Industrial bird control & exclusion
Airspace, marine & ground security
Aircraft & ultralight detection
Border security
Radar coverage gap fill systems
Automatic obstruction lighting activation
Environmental data products & networks
Boundary layer, tropospheric & mesospheric wind measurement

Staff & Facility Resources: Professional on-staff resources include over 100 experienced engineers, scientists, aviation safety specialists, meteorologists 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 engineers, programmers, ornithologists, biologists and scientists 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 radar and monitoring 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 for components and software development, testing and calibration. DeTect radar systems are built to industrial, US military (MILSPEC), European Union (EU CE Mark) and other international standards and incorporate commercial-off-the shelf (COTS) components where possible in order to provide our 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 one million hours of successful operating experience. The USAF has purchased seven MERLIN systems to date based on a documented record of reducing aircraft-birdstrike damage and NASA, after evaluation and on-site testing of bird radars, selected DeTect's MERLIN system to support space launch safety for the $2 billion, ordering second MERLIN system in 2007 for the US space vehicle program that were used on 22 launches with 100% uptime. 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, human factors design, system integration, site-specific operation user training and long-term 24-7 support. Each system is supported by DeTect's team of application specialists who have extensive backgrounds and experience in radar systems design, manufacture, siting and, most importantly, integration and use of the technology in the real-world operating environment. .

Bird activity map for the continental US for the past 24 hours
(processed data from the US NEXRAD national radar sensor network Avian Hazard Advisory System developed and operated by DeTect for the US Air Force; see www.usahas.com for more information)

RECENT NEWS...

January 23, 2012 - DeTect Announces New Management Appointments - DeTect today has announced the promotion of Ms. Carolyn Matkovich to the position of North American Field Operations Manager. In this capacity, Ms. Matkovich will be responsible for directing all field operations for US and Canadian MERLIN and HARRIER projects. She is based in DeTect's Montreal, Quebec, Canada office. Mr. Aaron Hayes has also been promoted to Technical Support Supervisor and will assume responsibility for global customer support for MERLIN and HARRIER radar system installations. In this capacity he will be managing and coordinating the 24-7 customer technical support which includes Tim West and Bobby Sellers.
January 2, 2012 - DeTect EU Office Opens in the United Kingdom - DeTect today announced the opening of a European Office to meet growing demand for its radar products in the United Kingdom (UK), Europe Union (EU), the Middle East, Asia and Africa. The DeTect EU office is located at Afon House, Worthing Road in Horsham, West Sussex close to the Gatwick Airport. Three staff have been transferred from Florida to the DeTect EU office which is headed by Edward 'Zak' Zakrajsek, a founding member of the DeTect Team. Since 2003, Mr. Zakrajsek has managed the company's Field Services Group that has included oversight of DeTect's MERLIN™ and HARRIER™ radar installations throughout the region including the UK, Belgium, Norway, Poland, Spain, The Netherlands, Turkey, Asia and Africa.
November 17, 2011 - DeTect to Deliver the First HARRIER Visual Warning System (VWS) for Automatic Windfarm Obstruction Lighting Activation - In response to the dark skies initiative and wind industry demand, DeTect has developed the HARRIER VWS. The system provides continuous 360 degree surveillance of the airspace around a wind farm from the ground level to above aircraft flight altitudes, automatically activating obstruction lighting when aircraft are detected at a defined outer perimeter. The HARRIER VWS has advantages in performance and safety not available on any other VWS that include longer range warning of aircraft, lower cost of acquisition and operation, ease of installation, and multi-function capability (bird mortality risk mitigation). The first HARRIER VWS for the US has been ordered by a major US wind developer and will be installed and operating by year-end. This installation will be the first US VWS system installation (more information).
October 3, 2011 - US Air Force Awards DeTect Multi-year Contract for Bird Detection Radars - The USAF today awarded DeTect a five year contract for on-going development, operation and support for the Avian Hazard Advisory System (www.usahas.com), the Bird Avoidance Model (BAM), and birdstrike avoidance radars.
September 23, 2011 - US Navy Orders MERLIN Aircraft Birdstrike Avoidance Radar - DeTect today received a contract order to supply and support a MERLIN Aircraft Birdstrike Avoidance Radar system for the US Navy Kingsville Naval Air Station in Texas. DeTect was awarded the contract under an open, competitive solicitation and is providing the system under an operating lease.
September 19, 2011 - DeTect Introduces the HARRIER GSR-1500 Perimeter Security Radar at the ASIS 2011 Orlando Security Conference - DeTect will premier its newest security product - the HARRIER GSR-1500 - at the ASIS conference in Orlando, Florida USA this week. The unit is a compact, low power, low cost ground perimeter intrusion radar that can be deployed in a network for linear sites such as borders, shorelines and fenced perimeters. (more information)
September 6, 2011 - DeTect Expands Panama City, Florida Headquarters - DeTect today announced that it had acquired a new building for its Corporate headquarters in Panama City, Florida USA. The new building on Harrison Avenue includes 5,000 square feet of office space and will house the company's executive, accounting, administrative and sales and marketing groups, and also has facilities for secure, classified work to support its security radar programs. Production of the Company's MERLIN and HARRIER products will expand and continue at the existing 15,000 square foot facility on Wilson Avenue. According to DeTect's CEO, Gary W. Andrews, "the expansion was necessitated by an over 200% increase in sales this year". As a result, the company has added 20 new employees in Panama City 2011.
August 1, 2011 - Dr. Karen Voltura Joins DeTect as Director, Wind Energy Systems - Dr. Karen Voltura has joined DeTect as the practice manager for the Wind Energy market sector and will oversee all MERLIN, HARRIER and RAPTOR projects for wind energy projects. Dr. Voltura is a PhD biologist with an extensive background of experience in bird and wildlife management and control with prior positions supporting bird control programs for USAF bases with MERLIN Avian Radar Systems.

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UPCOMING EVENTS - For additional information, email events@detect-inc.com

January 22-26, 2012 - American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana USA - DeTect Exhibit of RAPTOR Radar Wind Profiler technologies (website)

January 23-24. 2012 - EU MERLIN Avian Radar System User Training, Holiday Inn Gatwick Airport, London, UK

February 6-9, 2012 - MERLIN Avian Radar System & MERLIN SCADA for Wind Energy Applications User Training, DeTect Training Center, Panama City, Florida USA

February 22-24, 2012 - Offshore Wind Power USA conference, Boston, Massachusetts USA - DeTect Exhibit of MERLIN and VESPER bird and bat radar technologies (website)

March 6-7, 2012 - 6th Annual Border Security Expo, Phoenix, Arizona USA - DeTect Exhibit of HARRIER Security Radar Technology (website)

March 14-18, 2012 - India Aviation 2012, Hyderbad, India - Paper & Exhibition of MERLIN Aircraft Birdstrike Avoidance Radar technology

March 26-30, 2012 - ICS West Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada USA - DeTect Exhibit of HARRIER Security Radar Technologies (website)

April 16-19,2012 - EWEA 2012 European Wind Energy Association Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark - Exhibit of MERLIN & VESPER technologies (website)

June 3-6, 2012 - WINDPOWER 2012, Atlanta, Georgia USA - Paper & Exhibit of MERLIN, VESPER & HARRIER VWS technologies for Wind Energy Projects (website)