Crain’s Detroit Business Article Ranks Top 100 Companies in Michigan by Innovation Using Patent Data Michigan Aerospace Corporation (MAC), an advanced engineering and products company, placed 13th out of 100 organizations on the Michigan Innovation Index, a list composed by Ocean Tomo LLC for Crain’s Detroit Business. The list ranks Michigan companies with three or […]

Better Speed Knowledge Will Allow Safer, More Accurate Landings on Red Planet Michigan Aerospace Corporation (MAC), an advanced R&D and products company, announced today that they have started work on a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract titled “MARVY: Mars Velocity Sensor.” This contract with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will modify MAC’s present […]

Hazard to Aerial Navigation Can Be Measured, Tracked and Avoided Michigan Aerospace Corporation (MAC), an advanced R&D and products company, today announced that it has begun work on a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract titled “Volcanic Ash Detection Using Raman LIDAR: VADER.” This contract with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center will build […]

The Airborne Direct Detection LIDAR System Will Allow More Accurate Supply Drops to Warfighters Michigan Aerospace Corporation (MAC), an advanced engineering and products company, today announced that it has been awarded a $3 million contract from the United States Air Force to develop a prototype direct-detection LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) System for precision air […]

NASA’s UAV Flights to Study Hurricane Formation and Development Michigan Aerospace Corporation (MAC), an advanced engineering and products company, has learned that NASA’s Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) program will use the Tropospheric Wind Lidar Technology Experiment TWiLiTE) Doppler Wind Lidar during the 2013 hurricane season. TWiLiTE, an ultraviolet direct-detection Lidar developed by NASA’s […]