Windracers receives UK–Norway approval for international civil BVLOS flight
UK and Norwegian aviation authorities approved Windracers to operate an international civil BVLOS mission between Shetland and Haugesund using its ULTRA heavy-lift UAS.
Evidence notes
- 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.
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.