British heavy-lift drone manufacturer Windracers has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Highlands and Islands Transport Partnership (HITRANS) to accelerate the deployment of air cargo drone operations across some of the UK’s most remote regions. The partnership builds on years of flight trials supported by Innovate UK’s Sustainable Aviation Test Environment … [Read more...] about Windracers Expands Scottish Highlands Cargo Drone Project
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DroneOD Joins Space Park Leicester to Advance Cross-Platform Drone Technologies
DroneOD, a UK start-up developing universal connectivity solutions for unmanned aerial systems, has joined Space Park Leicester at its £100 million state-of-the-art facility to accelerate development of cross-platform drone technologies. Universal Device for All Drone Types Founded in 2025, DroneOD is building a compact, rugged device designed to enable secure communication … [Read more...] about DroneOD Joins Space Park Leicester to Advance Cross-Platform Drone Technologies
Interview: Intelligent Energy & Productiv on Hydrogen-Powered Drones
Last month we took a closer look at three technologies that will transform the drone operations of the future: The ability of drones to rest and recharge on the fly; advanced computer vision and motion planning, and hydrogen power. One of the projects mentioned in our exploration of hydrogen was RACHEL, in which a UK-based group flew a 20kg multi-rotor drone powered by a … [Read more...] about Interview: Intelligent Energy & Productiv on Hydrogen-Powered Drones
