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Vu Systems Completes Development Testing

Vu Systems is working with avionics and aircraft manufacturers and airlines on certification of its Vu Cube passive millimeter wave sensor.

The Vu Cube the passive millimeter wave sensor installed in the nose of an unpressurized King Air used for flight testing.

By Matt Thurber • Editor-in-Chief

June 25, 2020

Development testing of the Vu Systems passive millimeter-wave (PMMW) sensor has been completed, the company announced today, noting that this critical milestone in the program marks the end of “all flight testing required to validate the design of its Vu Cube sensor.” The Vu Cube PMMW sensor allows pilots to “see” through fog and clouds from much longer distances than traditional infrared sensors—up to two to three miles in low-visibility conditions.

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