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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Lancashire Fire and Rescue Use Windracers ULTRA for wildfire prevention

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

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Windracers in new UK CAA scheme to help unlock deliveries

SATE is confirmed as one of six projects to be selected for trials under a new UK Civil Aviation Authority scheme that will test drone deliveries, inspections of infrastructure and flights to remote locations.

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