Event
Windracers opens expanded 22,000-square-metre Hampshire factory
Windracers opened an expanded Fareham factory to scale production of its ULTRA heavy-lift autonomous aircraft for civil, defence and humanitarian missions.
Evidence notes
- The refurbished site spans 22,000 square metres, or about 237,000 square feet.
- The expansion created more than 50 skilled jobs.
- Windracers said the facility would support hundreds of ULTRA deliveries over the following two years; this was a forward production plan.
Company context
Windracers engineers, manufactures and operates the ULTRA family of autonomous heavy-lift fixed-wing drones for civil and defence missions. Founded in 2017, the British company combines aircraft, a masterless autopilot, mission control, maintenance and global operations. ULTRA platforms have flown logistics, resupply, surveying and fire-monitoring missions across Europe, North America, Africa, Antarctica and Ukraine.
Context
- Company
- Windracers
- Segment
- Aerial
- Event type
- Facility Opening
- Added to Korthos
- Jul 15, 2026
- Geography
- Fareham · United Kingdom