Lux Aerobot
Montreal company that designs, manufactures and operates stratospheric balloon platforms carrying imaging payloads and onboard AI analytics, for wildfire detection, defence and mapping applications.
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Company site: luxaerobot.comMontreal company that designs, manufactures and operates stratospheric balloon platforms carrying imaging payloads and onboard AI analytics, for wildfire detection, defence and mapping applications.
Launched a stratospheric Earth-observation platform from Alma Airport, Quebec in January 2022, reaching about 20 km altitude on a three-hour flight - a first in Canada. luxaerobot.com
Awarded a $351,247 Canadian Space Agency smartEarth grant for a wildfire mapping platform developed with INO, SOPFEU and Natural Resources Canada. asc-csa.gc.ca
Selected for MDA's LaunchPad programme for a coastal vessel monitoring trial funded under a larger IDEaS defence innovation contract. mda.space
Founded in 2018 by Vincent Lachance and Katrina Albert; designs, builds and operates its own stratospheric platforms rather than reselling imagery. luxaerobot.com
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