Event
Windracers and HITRANS sign Highlands and Islands drone-cargo MoU
Windracers signed an MoU with HITRANS to identify autonomous air-cargo use cases across Scotland?s Highlands and Islands.
Evidence notes
- The MoU targets unmanned air-cargo operations in remote Scottish communities.
- The partnership builds on SATE-funded operations that demonstrated UAS cargo for remote-region transport challenges.
- Windracers framed the work as a step toward regularly scheduled commercial autonomous air-cargo service.
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
- Partnership
- Added to Korthos
- Jul 15, 2026
- Geography
- Fareham · United Kingdom