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University of Alaska Fairbanks purchases Windracers ULTRAs to test resupply delivery

Windracers, pioneering provider of the low-cost self-flying cargo aircraft ULTRA™, announced today that it has contracted to provide the University of Alaska Fairbanks two (2) Windracers ULTRA MK1 aircraft for use in developing best practices for delivering to remote communities in Alaska

May 6, 2025

Windracers Unveils ULTRA MK2 in London

Windracers ULTRA MK2 cargo UAV brings more power, higher payload, lower cost and more capabilities for middle-mile logistics.

January 17, 2025

NBC News Report: Startups race to build bigger, better drones to fight bigger, hotter wildfires

Alexandra Byrne of NBC News writes that developers of autonomous aerial vehicles hope their advancements will soon be deployed more widely, but there are still regulatory and logistical hurdles to clear.

January 15, 2025

Aviation Sans Frontières To Use Windracers ULTRA For Delivery of Humanitarian Aid in Africa

Windracers and Aviation Sans Frontières have partnered operate Windracers ULTRA™ to deliver supplies for humanitarian organisations in Africa, starting from early 2025. 

December 19, 2024

Scottish Seabird Colonies Unaffected By Windracers ULTRA Flights

Leading ornithologist finds no signs of disturbance among seabirds on Eday, Orkney based on tests in July 2024.

October 10, 2024

NORCE Contracts for Windracers ULTRAs for Antarctic Missions

Windracers has contracted to provide NORCE, an independent scientific research institute based in Norway, two Windracers ULTRA aircraft for use in scientific survey missions of the Antarctic.

September 17, 2024

Windracers Environmental Selected to Advance in the Prestigious XPRIZE Wildfire Competition

Team Windracers Environmental has been selected as a Qualified Team in XPRIZE Wildfire Track B: Autonomous Wildfire Response. Team Windracers is one of 29 teams selected to advance and compete in the Track B Technical Verification Round.

September 3, 2024

Channel 4 News Report: Windracers Part of Green Energy Effort in Orkneys

Channel 4 News visited the Scottish island of Eday to see what our green energy future could look like and while there, met Windracers ULTRA, our low-cost self-flying cargo aircraft.

August 23, 2024

Emergency Services Times: Swarms of autonomous drones could be the answer to early detection of wildfires

After spending over 40 days in 2018 fighting wildfires across Lancashire, the service is now testing high tech swarm based drone approaches that can autonomously detect and suppress fires before they spread into uncontrollable wildfires.

August 22, 2024

BBC Report: Drone swarms could stop wildfires, researchers say

Harriet Bradshaw of the BBC reports that drones could soon be working together in swarms to put out flames before they become wildfires, UK researchers hope.

August 22, 2024

UK Climate Minister Visits Orkney Clean Energy Facility and Windracers ULTRA 

Kerry McCarthy MP, Minister for Climate and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, visited Orkney on Wednesday 14 August to see the clean energy innovation taking place across the islands including a review of Windracers ULTRA.

August 22, 2024

Lancashire Fire and Rescue Use Windracers ULTRA for wildfire prevention

Swarm of intelligent firefighting ULTRAs could be used to autonomously detect and suppress fires.

August 20, 2024
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