London — headquartered Windracers has received a third round of funding from UKRI’s Future Flight challenge to perform more rigorous testing of their middle mile logistics drones and high-reliability autopilot technology.
Future Flight is advancing the development of new technology, societal understanding, and sophisticated aviation solutions in order to bring about the third aviation revolution. The Future Flight challenge’s Phase 3 projects, which vary from hydrogen-powered planes to airspace management systems, will get £73 million in funding to develop and showcase integrated aviation systems and new vehicle technologies.
Windracers has completed a number of testing in collaboration with Royal Mail as part of the UKRI-funded Sustainable Aviation Test Environment (SATE) project, including test flights on the Shetland and Orkney Islands. Windracers will be able to expand its experiments in Scotland and work with the Civil Aviation Authority to create a safe and strong regulatory framework for autonomous flying with the new financing.
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