ULTRA
About
About ULTRA
Windracers ULTRA is a twin-engine fixed-wing uncrewed aircraft system for heavy cargo, defence, humanitarian and research missions. The current ULTRA platform combines an aluminium airframe, distributed fault-tolerant autopilot and Mission Control software. Windracers states a range up to 2,000 km and useful payload above 150 kg, with a configurable cargo bay and external mounting options for mission equipment.
The aircraft has operated in remote and contested environments, including logistics work in Ukraine and scientific missions in polar regions. Current material describes endurance up to 15 hours for sensing missions, while payload and route materially change achievable performance. Flight planning, take-off and landing, communications, maintenance, weather assessment and aviation authorisation remain part of the managed operational system around the aircraft.
Operations
- Operating Milestone
49 inter-island flights - Windracers reports 49 ULTRA inter-island flights for Royal Mail, carrying more than 500 kg of mail across roughly 3,000 km.
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Timeline
- Windracers joins UK drone-supply programme for Ukraine
2026-04-29 - Capability - The selection places the company’s heavy-lift, long-range unmanned aircraft in a UK government programme supplying systems to Ukraine. Its inclusion also gives the programme a UK-developed cargo platform designed for resilient operations across extended distances.
Source - Windracers ULTRA reaches 2,000 km heavy-lift range configuration
2026-01-15 - Capability - The 2,000 km range milestone was announced at the Windracers LAUNCH 2026 event. Windracers said ULTRA supports payloads above 150 kg over long-range missions. The event included a fully autonomous flight mission demonstration at Llanbedr Airfield.
Source - Windracers receives UK–Norway approval for international civil BVLOS flight
2025-09-26 - Regulatory - The approved corridor covered 378 kilometres across UK and Norwegian airspace. Windracers described it as the first UK civil UAS approval for an international operation. The approval used temporary danger areas and applied to a defined flight operation, not unrestricted route certification.
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