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We provide industry with custom optics/photonics solutions that push the boundaries of innovation and performance. Here are a few examples of our remote sensing solutions.

Compact Core Spectroscopy Solution
Compact Core Spectroscopy Solution

Ontario-based company Tornado Spectral Systems has developed spectrometers incorporating a patented innovation that effectively...

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society 2012 Award: SAR Optronic Processor
IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society 2012 Award: SAR Optronic Processor

INO and European Space Agency (ESA) were recently selected as winners of an IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society 2012...

Short-Range Bioaerosol Threat Detection Sensor (SR-BioSpectra)
Short-Range Bioaerosol Threat Detection Sensor (SR-BioSpectra)

Biological attacks are rare but they could have deadly consequences. A 1993 report by the U.S. Congressional Office of...

Real-time SAR optronic processor
Real-time SAR optronic processor

Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is a powerful remote sensing tool that provides enhanced day and night imaging capabilities...

CFRP-Structure in Optronic Devices and Payload
CFRP-Structure in Optronic Devices and Payload

In most optronic defense and space applications, structures must be lightweight and ultrastable. These state-of-the-art...

IRXCAM: Infrared and Terahertz Camera Module (IR and THz)
IRXCAM: Infrared and Terahertz Camera Module (IR and THz)

With resolution ranging from 160 x 120 pixels up to 1024 x 768 pixels, IRXCAM offers a true generic platform for system...

Fiber Optic Distance Sensors
Fiber Optic Distance Sensors

When inserting cochlear implants, the main challenge facing otorhinolaryngologists (ORL) is to perform a nontraumatic...

Laser crack measurement system (LCMS)
Laser crack measurement system (LCMS)

Prevention and rehabilitation are crucial to effective road and highway management. In order to help optimize road maintenance...

Portable Underwater Lidar System Equipment (PULSE)
Portable Underwater Lidar System Equipment (PULSE)

Conventional lidar terrain mapping will not penetrate water by more than a few centimeters. Bathymetric lidar systems...

Smart Color-Thermal Camera (VIRXCam)
Smart Color-Thermal Camera (VIRXCam)

The video surveillance market proposes two distinct solutions: thermal cameras and visible cameras. Visible cameras work...

Video analytics software
Video analytics software

A closed circuit video surveillance system uses cameras set up in private or public areas to provide security. Banks...

IntelliDAR™ - Intelligent Video-based Detection and Range Processing System
IntelliDAR™ - Intelligent Video-based Detection and Range Processing System

The safety and seamlessness of air traffic control and airport operations have become critical issues for the aviation...

Reservoir Fill Level Sensor
Reservoir Fill Level Sensor

Conventional lidar (LIght Detection And Ranging) technology is widely used to measure the fill level of reservoirs. However...

Radiometric Packaging
Radiometric Packaging

Uncooled microbolometer detectors are well suited for space applications due to their strong performance and their low...

Environmental Monitoring System
Environmental Monitoring System

Pesticides spraying, quarry operations, and residential and road construction projects often emit fine particles that the...

Visibility Detector
Visibility Detector

Air, marine, and land transportation services use visibility detectors to optimize the security of their operations. These...

New Infrared Sensor Technology
New Infrared Sensor Technology

Over the years, INO has built a solid reputation in the field of infrared technology, particularly in the area of uncooled...

Infrared Satellite Images
Infrared Satellite Images

There are an increasing number of the upcoming space missions that require thermal imaging from space, notably to study...

Flow Cytometer
Flow Cytometer

Nowadays, quality control is a key part of any industrial process, in line with dynamically changing standards, and creation...

Micromirror with Feedback
Micromirror with Feedback

In space missions, the current trend is to use a constellation of small spacecrafts that work together, rather than using...

Ultra-lightweight Thermal Sight
Ultra-lightweight Thermal Sight

Today, soldiers have to carry increasingly heavy loads. That’s why Canada’s Department of National Defence wanted access...

Dual-Band Thermal/Visible Weapon Sight (DFOV)
Dual-Band Thermal/Visible Weapon Sight (DFOV)

For military operations to be successful today, individual soldiers and combat units as a whole need state-of-the-art...

Driving Assistance System
Driving Assistance System

Driving a vehicle or heavy equipment in low visibility conditions puts everyone on the road in danger. Our industrial optics...

Road sign detection and recognition system
Road sign detection and recognition system

Québec’s Ministère des Transports (MTQ) is responsible for highway management in the province, including regular inventory...

Fluoride glass fibers
Fluoride glass fibers

We signed a strategic alliance with IRPhotonics Inc. - a company specialized in the development and fabrication of advanced...

Phase Modulator
Phase Modulator

Conventional laser beam shaping systems are generally heavy and bulky, which limits their usefulness in a number of applications...

Airborne Infrared Application
Airborne Infrared Application

Airborne imaging is used to evaluate vegetation and soils inagricultural and forestry, and to monitor land use and the...

Graded Reflectivity Mirrors
Graded Reflectivity Mirrors

INO has earned an international reputation for its graded reflectivity mirrors (GRMs), which are now used by major manufacturers...

Fiber Laser With Programmable Amplitude Waveform
Fiber Laser With Programmable Amplitude Waveform

Our client wanted to develop a new generation of lasers to process and repair DRAM, SRAM, and other types of memory that...

Eyesafe Nanosecond-Pulse Fiber Lasers
Eyesafe Nanosecond-Pulse Fiber Lasers

Our client wanted to develop a new generation of fiber lasers to conduct highly accurate telemetric measurements at a very...

Broadband Radiometer Detectors
Broadband Radiometer Detectors

The Broadband Radiometer (BBR) is an instrument being developed for the ESA EarthCARE satellite. The EarthCARE mission...

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