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 radar remote sensing technologies and systems for aviation safety, security surveillance, environmental management, wind energy and wind measurement supporting projects worldwide with over 180 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 office-service centers in the US in California, Texas and Virginia (Washington, DC); in Alberta and Montreal, Canada; and in the England, Poland and Spain. 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 100 bird radars installed worldwide to date. The Company's RAPTOR Radar Wind Profiler is the most advanced wind measurement radar available and was in 2010 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.

MERLIN Aircraft Birdstrike Avoidance Radar installtion at the Riga International Airport in Latvia 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...

March 22, 2012 - UK Trade & Investment Issues Press Release on the Opening of DeTect EU Office in London - The UK Trade & Investment Office has issued a news release on DeTect newest office recently opening in London, England. DeTect opened the DeTect EU office in London to address increased demand for its products within the European Union as well as for ease of access to its systems installed in the Middle East and Africa. A founding member of DeTect, Edward 'Zak" Zakrajsek, has transferred from Florida to London to head the office. (UTKI Press Release)
March 21, 2012 - MERLIN detect & deter Bird Control Radar System in the Canadian Oil Sands Receives Environmental Protection Award - The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) presented a Responsible Canadian Energy Award to Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNRL) for its successful use of DeTect's MERLIN detect & deter bird control radar technology to protect birds at its Horizon Oil Sands facility in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. CNRL installed the MERLIN system in 2009 to reduce bird mortality at the Horizon External Tailings Facility (ETF). In its Press Release, CAPP noted that the MERLIN system installed in 2009 has been over 97.5% effective in deterring birds approaching oil-contaminated tailings ponds with zero bird mortality in 2010 and 2011.
March 16, 2012 - MERLIN Aircraft Birdstrike Avoidance Radar System Ordered for the New Warsaw Poland Airport - DeTect today received the order to supply and support a MERLIN birdstrike prevention radar system for the new Warsaw-Modlin Mazovia Airport (WMI) in Warsaw, Poland. DeTect's MERLIN technology was selected for the project under an open tender and this install ti on marks another 'first' for DeTect as WMI will be the first European airport to permanently install bird radar technology for birdstrike prevention.
March 14, 2012 - DeTect Ships the 100th MERLIN Avian Radar System - DeTect today shipped the 100th Florida-manufactured bird radar system to a major North American oil production facility. Since 2003, over 100 MERLIN systems have been delivered and are operating in the US, Canada, the UK, Europe, Asia and New Zealand. MERLIN is the most widely used and operationally technology available for bird and bat detection, tracking and risk management and is used by airports, wind farms, industrial sites, government agencies and researchers.
February 22, 2102 - Bangkok International Airport Orders RAPTOR VAD-BL Radar Wind Profiler System - DeTect today received an order to supply a RAPTOR VAD-BL Radar Wind Profiler that will be integrated into the airport's Advanced Weather Decision Support System (AWDSS). The AWDSS technology will be supplied by Weather Decision Technologies and the VAD-BL will provide real-time wind data automated to deliver detailed, real-time "nowcasts" and forecasts on meteorological conditions such as fog, thunderstorms, low-level wind shear, microbursts, inversions, gust and sea-breeze fronts, and other hazards affecting airport operations.
February 15, 2012 - Clark County, Nevada USA Orders RAPTOR Upgrade for LAP-3000 Radar Wind Profiler - DeTect has received an order from Clark County, Nevada to upgrade its LAP-3000 profiler system to its state-of-the-art, all digital RAPTOR technology. The system upgraded system will be used to support the County's air pollution monitoring program for metropolitan Las Vegas.
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.

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

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

April 30 - May 4, 2012 - MERLIN Avian Radar System User Training, DeTect Training Facility, Panama City, Florida USA (request information)

May 14-16, 2012 - EPA Now National Air Quality Conference, Denver, Colorado USA - DeTect exhibition of RAPTOR Radar Wind Profiler technologies (conference website)

May 29 - June 1, 2012 - Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS), Montreal, Canada - DeTect exhibition of RAPTOR Radar Wind Profiler technologies (conference website)

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

June 25-29, 2012 - International Bird Strike Committee Meeting, Stavanger, Norway - DeTect exhibit and presentation of MERLIN Aircraft Birdstrike Avoidance Radar technologies (conference website)

August 13-16, 2012 - Bird Strike Committee/American Association of Airport Executives Meeting, Memphis, Tennessee, USA - DeTect exhibit and presentation of MERLIN Aircraft Birdstrike Avoidance Radar technologies (conference website)