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Major Technologies Developed by Canadian Companies under the Canada-ESA Program

I. Generic/Enabling Technologies

Principal Technologies

Company(ies)

Large European Acoustic Facility

DSMA, NRC

SAR Processing

MacDonald Dettwiler

ERS-1 User Information System

MacDonald Dettwiler

Ground Terminal Upgrades

MacDonald Dettwiler

IR Spectrophotometry

BOMEM

Ka-band VSAT Satcom System Definition

EMS Technologies (projects formerly undertaken by SPAR AEROSPACE Ltd.)

Modest Resolution Radar

MPB Technologies

Microwave Radiometry

EG&G

II. Telecommunications

Principal Technologies

Company(ies)

On-board Processing

EMS Technologies (projects formerly undertaken by SPAR AEROSPACE Ltd.)

Narrow-band Digital Voice

Calian

Switched VSAT

MPR Teletech

Low Loss Fibre Optic Microwave Link

MPBT

M.G.S.E., Filter Modules

COM DEV

SILEX Front End (Laser ISL)

EG&G

Ka-Band Terminal Front End

MPR

Small S-band User Terminal (SSUT)

EMS Technologies Canada (formerly Cal Corporation)

Fast Packet Switching

EMS Technologies (projects formerly undertaken by SPAR AEROSPACE Ltd.)

Advanced Filter Technology

COM DEV

Small Optical User Terminal (SOUT)

Miller, SPACE AEROSPACE LTD.

Detector and Laser Technology

EMS Technologies Canada (formerly Cal Corporation)

Solar Array Subsystem

EMS Technologies (projects formerly undertaken by SPAR AEROSPACE Ltd.)

12 GHz Channel Amplifiers

EMS Technologies (projects formerly undertaken by SPAR AEROSPACE Ltd.)

Ka-Band Terminal Equipment

MPR

Filters and Multiplexers

COM DEV

Travelling Wave Tube Amplifier (TWTA)

Varian

Assembly, Integration and Test

EMS Technologies (projects formerly undertaken by SPAR AEROSPACE Ltd.), CRC

Millimetre-wave Communication

COM DEV

Small S-band User Terminal

EMS Technologies Canada (formerly Cal Corporation)

Sound Broadcast and Multimedia Services

EMS Technologies (projects formerly undertaken by SPAR AEROSPACE Ltd.)

Archimedes

EMS Technologies (projects formerly undertaken by SPAR AEROSPACE Ltd.), CRC

Receiver Front End for Silex (Laser ISL)

EG&G

EMS Payload (Land Mobile)

COM DEV

III. Earth Observation

Ground Segment, SAR Processing

MacDonald Dettwiler

X-Band Downlink

EMS Technologies (projects formerly undertaken by SPAR AEROSPACE Ltd.)

Microwave Hardware, Waveguide Switch

COM DEV

X-Band Downlink, Transmitting Equipment

SPAR AEROSPACE

Ground Terminal Upgrades

MacDonald Dettwiler

Ground Segment Analysis and Data Handling

MacDonald Dettwiler

On-board processing

COM DEV

MIPAS (Michelson Interferometer)

BOMEM, COM DEV

Microwave Radiometer

COM DEV, MPBT

Advanced SAR and Ozone Monitor

EMS Technologies (projects formerly undertaken by SPAR AEROSPACE Ltd.)

Synthetic Aperture Radar

EMS Technologies (projects formerly undertaken by SPAR AEROSPACE Ltd.), COM DEV

Data Encoding Techniques

MacDonald Dettwiler

Visible Matrix Evaluation

Moniteq

Rain and Cloud Radar

MPBT

SAR rocessor

MacDonald Dettwiler

Radar Altimeter

EMS Technologies (projects formerly undertaken by SPAR AEROSPACE Ltd.)

Manned Space Vehicle Simulator Robotic Arm

CAE

EMS Technologies (projects formerly undertaken by SPAR AEROSPACE Ltd.)

MacDonald Dettwiler



Updated: 2002/12/31 Important Notices