# FANTANA Doppler Wind Lidar
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FANTANA single-photon Doppler wind lidar sensor for aviation turbulence and aerospace sensing.

## Specifications
- **manufacturer**: fantana
- **deployment context**: airborne
- **entity type**: sensor
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-11
- **verified by**: operator
- **claim status**: unclaimed
- **provider**: fantana
- **attributes**: {"kind":"sensor","product_status":null,"manufacturer":"fantana","description":"FANTANA single-photon Doppler wind lidar sensor for aviation turbulence and aerospace sensing.","sensor":null,"bus":null,"ground_segment":null,"launcher":null,"analysis_service":null,"deployment_context":"airborne"}

## Editorial
The FANTANA Doppler Wind Lidar is a compact single-photon direct-detection Doppler lidar developed by Fantana GmbH (Vienna, Austria) in collaboration with Vienna University of Technology (EMCE) under Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) project 900822.[^fantana-dwl-page][^fantana-mission] It is designed for aviation turbulence sensing ahead of aircraft and for wind measurement in industrial and wind-energy contexts, operating in a forward-looking airborne configuration.[^fantana-dwl-page] Single-photon APD detection is used to achieve compact instrument dimensions. Fantana reported in company materials that its first product reached flight testing in 2025; the specific platform for this lidar was not published at the time of research. Operating wavelength and named flight-test details were not published at the time of research.

## Sources
- [fantana-dwl-page] | Laser Doppler sensors for measuring turbulence in aircraft, Fantana GmbH | https://fantana.at/en/laser-doppler-sensors-for-measuring-turbulence-in-aircraft/ | tier=operator-marketing | accessed=2026-06-11
- [fantana-mission] | Mission and History, Fantana GmbH | https://fantana.at/en/mission-and-history/ | tier=operator-marketing | accessed=2026-06-11

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