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Windracers Awarded Financial Times Tech Champions Winner 2023 in the Logistics Category

Windracers have been awarded the winner for the logistics category in the Financial Times Champions Report 2023. Stephen Wright, co-founder and executive chair of UK drone maker Windracers, says its machines could be a solution in countries affected by conflicts. He also thinks they have the potential to transform transportation in other developing nations. “There … Continued

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British Antarctic Survey unveils pilotless plane for testing in Antarctica

Polar science could reach new heights as researchers prepare to test the new Windracers ULTRA autonomous drone in Antarctica this season.   A new, state-of-the-art autonomous drone capable of carrying a wide range of science sensors is heading south for its inaugural flight on the icy continent this Antarctic field season from January to March 2024. … Continued

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W Autonomous Systems, Part of the Windracers Group, Makes History Landing on Royal Aircraft Carrier

The W Autonomous Systems (WAS) drone flew from the Lizard Peninsula and on to the deck of HMS Prince of Wales off the Cornish coast, delivered supplies, then flew back in a milestone flight which points the way to the future of naval aviation. It’s a vital step along the way to operating crewless aircraft … Continued

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Sustainable Aviation Test Environment (SATE) wins Collaborate To Innovate Award for Aerospace and Defence

SATE, the low carbon aviation test centre, has been named winner of The Engineer’s Collaborate To Innovate Award for Aerospace and Defence. The project was credited with driving the development of low carbon aviation technologies whilst simultaneously helping to improve the connectivity of the UK’s most remote region. It comes following Windracers’ groundbreaking autonomous aviation … Continued

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Windracers secures third round of funding from Future Flight at UKRI

Funding will support further trials and regulatory work with Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) London, UK – 9th August 2022: Windracers has won a third round of successful funding from the Future Flight challenge at UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to conduct further rigorous testing of its middle mile logistics drones and high-reliability autopilot technology. Future Flight … Continued

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Royal Mail reveals ambitious vision for more than 50 new postal drone routes in partnership with Windracers Group

(Picture: Colin Keldie, courtesy of SATE project Routes would initially support deliveries to remote communities. Royal Mail today set out its ambition to scale up its use of drone technology and create more than 50 new postal drone routes over the next three years, subject to Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) approval, as part of a … Continued

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Another Royal Mail First: Company trials delivering 100% of remote community’s mail by lower emission drone

6th October 2021 — Loading the Windracers ULTRA UAV with Royal Mail deliveries (Credit Colin Keldie, Courtesy of SATE) Drones used to deliver post to remote Orkney island on BBC Breakfast. This week, Royal Mail has started a trial of scheduled, autonomous flights for two weeks between Kirkwall and North Ronaldsay (both in the Orkney Islands) … Continued

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Royal Mail delivers two UK firsts with Autonomous drone parcel deliveries to the Scilly Isles alongside inter-island drone deliveries of test kits

Windracers Isles of Scilly Airbridge trial with Royal Mail. Autopilot technology powered by Distributed Avionics. The Windracers UAV is also able to accommodate mail of most shapes and sizes, enabling more general mail to be transported to the islands as part of the trial. Parcels will be flown to the islands’ airport in St. Mary’s, … Continued

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50kg payload drone flight revolutionises Covid-19 NHS medical supply delivery in Cornwall

Windracers UAV ULTRA 15 DECEMBER 2020  – In the past year the ability to gain quick access to medical supplies has been of the utmost importance. As a result of the pandemic, innovative new technology is now being trailed in order to cut the delivery time of vital supplies, thanks to Innovate UK funding to support … Continued

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Distributed Avionics announce InnovateUK funding – Project SWARM

Project SWARM (Swarm technology and digital twinning to enable coordination and utilisation of high numbers of 100kg payload UAVs in aid delivery and firefighting applications) Distributed Avionics are pleased to announce that they have successfully secured Innovate UK funding under the Future Flight development program. As part of a consortium, together with Windracers and the … Continued

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