sUAS News: Autonomous drone startup hires ex Royal Mail CEO Simon Thompsons
Autonomous drone startup hires ex Royal Mail CEO Simon Thompson.
Simon Thompson joins Windracers Group, as Group Chief Executive Officer
Simon Thompson has joined Windracers Group (https://windracers.com/), the low-cost platform for autonomous air transport, in a new role as Group Chief Executive […]
The Telegraph: Former Royal Mail boss seeks to deliver post by drone
Simon Thompson claims technology could be a gamechanger for £173bn parcel industry.
First flights of uncrewed aircraft in Antarctica
A team testing the Windracers ULTRA drone in Antarctica has shared the first video footage of the aircraft flying autonomously over British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) Rothera Research Station and its […]
Dronelife- Windracers ULTRA Autonomous Drone Begins Tests in the Antarctic: Drones for Environmental Research in Challenging Environments
Windracers ULTRA Autonomous Drone Begins Tests in the Antarctic: Drones for Environmental Research in Challenging Environments
Bots and Drones UK: Windracers ULTRA Drone Test Crew Arrive in Antarctica
Windracers ULTRA Drone Test Crew Arrive in Antarctica.
Windracers and British Antarctic Survey arrive in Antarctica to test ULTRA UAV
A team have arrived at Rothera Research Station, ready to start testing the new Windracers ULTRA autonomous drone in Antarctica. If successful, […]
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.
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 […]
<strong>Sustainable Aviation Test Environment (SATE) wins Collaborate To Innovate Award for Aerospace and Defence</strong>
SATE, the low carbon aviation test centre, has been named winner of The Engineer’s Collaborate To Innovate Award for Aerospace and Defence. […]
Royal Mail delivers two UK firsts with Autonomous drone parcel deliveries to the Scilly Isles alongside inter-island drone deliveries of test kits
Royal Mail and partners have delivered two more UK firsts. As part of a specialist consortium, Royal Mail becomes the first UK parcel carrier to deliver mail to a UK island in a 70 mile out-of-sight, autonomous flight to the Scilly Isles.