Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise Stennis International Airpark, Bay St. Louis, MS, USA Expertise: surveying using airborne lidar bathymetry and related technologies Type: consortium Address: Stennis Technical Building, Stennis International Airport Overview: JALBTCX, a joint project of the Army Corps of Engineers, Naval Oceanographic Office and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, performs operations and R&D to support the U.S. coastal mapping and charting requirements of the Army Corps of Engineers, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command and the NOAA. Staff includes engineers, scientists, hydrographers and technicians from the USACE Mobile (Ala.) District and ERDC in Vicksburg, Miss, NAVOCEANO and NOAA National Geoditeic Survey. Works with multiple federal agencies as well as the University of Southern Mississippi, Ohio State University, University of Florida, University of New Hampshire and Duke University. Facilities/equipment: Compact Hydrographic Airborne Rapid Total Survey (CHARTS) system and industry-based coastal mapping and charting systems. Web site: http://shoals.sam.usace.army.mil