founded 1974 headquarters vaughan ontario canada key people allan carswell founder donald carswell president website optech incorporated home page optech incorporated is a canadian owned for profit company operating since 1974 and focusing on laser based survey systems . optech inc is known for its association with phoenix a spacecraft launched for mars in 2007 . contents 1 the company 2 association with phoenix 3 other projects 4 references 5 external links the company edit the company is active in the markets of airborne laser terrain mapping systems airborne laser bathymetry industrial and 3d imaging and space lidar solutions . optech s founder is allan carswell who in 2006 received the john h. chapman award of excellence by the canadian space agency . 1 robert d. richards optech s former space division director received an honorary doctorate doctor of space achievement honoris causa from the international space university which he co founded with peter diamandis and todd hawley in 1987 . 2 the company is described as a world leader in laser based survey instruments 3 and has 33 years of experience in lidars . citation needed optech incorporated created the world s first purpose built mobile lidar platform the lynx mobile mapper released in 2007 . citation needed in april 2012 teledyne technologies announced an increase in ownership of optech by its subsidiary teledyne dalsa to a majority stake of 51 % . 4 association with phoenix edit the company designed the lidar laser radar of the meteorological station lidar sensor met on the phoenix mars lander . 5 6 the lidar was built in collaboration with mda space missions canadian space agency and scientists from canada and united states . 7 dr carswell was also the originating canadian principal investigator for the phoenix mission . 3 other projects edit optech in association with mda also provided the lidar sensors of the united states air force s xss 11 mission . 3 references edit optech s founder dr. allan carswell honored with the john h. chapman award of excellence by the canadian space agency press release . toronto ontario optech incorporated . 25 may 2006 . retrieved 24 november 2012 . optech space division director receives honourary sic doctorate press release . toronto ontario optech incorporated . 2005 08 29 . retrieved 2012 11 24 . a b c partners in the phoenix mission . canadian space agency . 2008 05 14 . press release teledyne increases ownership stake in optech . teledyne dalsa inc. 2012 04 03 . flight hardware . optech incorporated . 2006 . retrieved 2012 11 24 . mars mission a giant leap for york s space scientists . y file york university s news source . york university . 2003 08 06 . optech 2007 07 31 . optech plays key role in nasa s phoenix mars mission . vaughan ontario gisuser.com . retrieved 2012 11 24 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title optech & oldid 676822692 categories technology companies of canadascience and technology in canadahidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from november 2012official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 19 august 2015 at 11 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view