HEICO Subsidiary Supplies Infrared Camera on Airborne Eclipse Lab
August 22 2017 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Company’s IRCameras designed and made device
used on NCAR High Altitude Observatory
HEICO Corporation (NYSE: HEI.A) (NYSE:HEI) announced today that
its IRCameras, LLC (“IRC”) subsidiary supplied a specially designed
infrared imaging camera which was incorporated into an Airborne
Infrared Spectrometer (“AIR-Spec”) used to observe and obtain
measurements of the total solar eclipse visible throughout much of
the United States yesterday. IRC Team Members designed and produced
the device entirely in the United States.
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The specially designed IRCameras infrared
camera was used on the airborne High Altitude Observatory to view
the Great American Solar Eclipse. (Photo: Business Wire)
This research is funded by a National Science Foundation Major
Research Instrumentation grant to enable coronal emission line
observations during the 2017 Great American Solar Eclipse.
Participants in the study include the Smithsonian Astrophysical
Observatory, Harvard University, the National Center for
Atmospheric Research (“NCAR”) Aviation Facility and the High
Altitude Observatory.
The AIR-Spec instrument was flown along the path of totality of
the solar eclipse aboard a specially equipped Gulfstream V aircraft
operated by NCAR. The airborne platform extended the observation
time of eclipse to approximately 4 minutes and eliminated
interference from atmospheric water vapor that posed significant
challenges to ground based observatories. For the first time,
AIR-Spec allowed measurements of the solar corona in the infrared
spectrum, thereby increasing our understanding of various phenomena
including solar wind and plasma heating and acceleration.
Laurans A. Mendelson, HEICO’s Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer, and Victor H. Mendelson, HEICO’s Co-President, jointly
stated, “HEICO congratulates the entire AIR-Spec team on the
mission's success and their leading-edge research. We also
congratulate the entire IRCameras team for their role in the
mission.”
Steve McHugh, IRC’s President and Founder, remarked, “Our staff
at IRC is honored to work with the Harvard-Smithsonian
AIR-Spec team and to support their efforts in creating
the high altitude infrared spectrometer.”
HEICO Corporation is engaged primarily in the design,
production, servicing and distribution of products and services to
certain niche segments of the aviation, defense, space, medical,
telecommunications and electronics industries through its
Hollywood, Florida-based Flight Support Group and its Miami,
Florida-based Electronic Technologies Group. HEICO’s customers
include a majority of the world’s airlines and overhaul shops, as
well as numerous defense and space contractors and military
agencies worldwide, in addition to medical, telecommunications and
electronics equipment manufacturers. For more information about
HEICO, please visit our website at http://www.heico.com.
Santa Barbara, CA-based IRCameras designs and manufactures in
the U.S.A. the most technologically advanced infrared imaging
systems available for scientific, industrial and military
applications. In addition to its extensive line-up of standard
commercial infrared cameras and IDCAs, IRCameras offers custom
design and build services to meet unique optical, packaging and
space-constrained requirements. For more information about
IRCameras, please visit our website at:
http:/www.ircameras.com.
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HEICO CorporationVictor H. Mendelson, 305-374-1745orSteve
McHugh, 805-965-9650
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