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INO’s innovations cover a wide range of applications in various sectors of the economy. Here are a few examples of solutions specifically developed for the defense/security industry, as well as others that could easily be adapted to the field.

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...

HRXCAM-2048: High resolution microscanned infrared camera module (LWIR)
HRXCAM-2048: High resolution microscanned infrared camera module (LWIR)

Numerous defense, security, military, transport, and aerospace applications require high-resolution infrared imaging capabilities...

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...

Video Analytics Dataset
Video Analytics Dataset

Quantitative performance evaluation of video analytics algorithms requires reference image sequences along with ground truth...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Hermetic vacuum packaging and micropackaging
Hermetic vacuum packaging and micropackaging

Packaging often accounts for the bulk of MEMS/MOEMS (Micro-ElectroMechanical-Systems and Micro-Opto-Electromechanical...

High Resolution Projection System
High Resolution Projection System

Generally, scene resolution in contemporary flight simulators is not high enough for military jet pilot training. To overcome...

Active Television System
Active Television System

Search and surveillance systems require increasingly long-range vision for positive identification in conditions of total...

Visibility Detector
Visibility Detector

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

Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope

When you deal in the science of exploring the universe, dimensions and distances are immense, as is the need for sensitive...

Optical thin films for the JWST
Optical thin films for the JWST

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the product of international cooperation between NASA, the European Space Agency...

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...

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...

CGH simulator system
CGH simulator system

CFHT wanted nothing less than to bring the sky into the lab. Our optical design team was called in to design a custom...

Phase Modulator
Phase Modulator

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

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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