The mission of the Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise is to perform operation, research, and development in airborne lidar bathymetry and complementary technologies to support coastal mapping and charting requirements of the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the US Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the US Geologic Survey (USGS).
JALBTCX survey operations are conducted worldwide using the Coastal Zone Mapping and Imaging (CZMIL) system and other industry-based coastal mapping and charting systems. CZMIL is JALBTCX's in-house survey capability that includes a Teledyne CZMIL Nova lidar instrument with simultaneous topographic and bathymetric capabilities. CZMIL is integrated with an Itres CASI-1500 hyperspectral imager and an 150 MP PhaseOne RGB camera. CZMIL collects 10-kHz lidar data with spatially- and temporally-concurrent digital true-color and hyperspectral imagery. Survey operations support the USACE National Coastal Mapping Program and NAVOCEANO nautical charting missions. 

JALBTCX research and development supports and leverages work in government, industry, and academics to advance airborne lidar and coastal mapping and charting technology and applications.