LONDON, Dec. 19, 2024 /CNW/ — Windracers immediately introduced it has agreed to associate with Aviation Sans Frontières to function Windracers ULTRA™ – the low-cost self-flying cargo plane designed and manufactured within the UK – to ship provides for humanitarian organisations in Africa, ranging from early 2025.
Windracers ULTRA MK2 plane will fly autonomously past visible line of web site (BVLOS) to:
- Land with medical and different humanitarian provides and acquire pressing samples in locations the place there are few or no paved roads
- Safely drop provides utilizing protecting packaging and parachutes to distant places as required
“Over forty years in the past, Aviation Sans Frontières created and proved the effectiveness of ‘mild plane’ missions the place humanitarian pilots and mechanics mobilized within the service of the poorest around the globe”, mentioned Christian Georlette, Chair of Aviation Sans Frontières Worldwide. “We affect folks’s lives the place others don’t or not go to fulfil our mission of offering a bespoke service for humanitarian affect.”
“Aviation Sans Frontières was an early adopter of drones as an economical and impactful technique of delivering for humanitarian actors and immediately drones are on the core of Aviation Sans Frontières’s ahead technique. Working with Windracers, Aviation Sans Frontières ushers in the way forward for humanitarian and improvement aviation by way of use of Windracers ULTRA that carries sizeable payloads per journey at a decrease price whereas taking human pilots out of hurt’s method.”
“Logistics is the spine of humanitarian support, typically representing 60 to 80% of bills relying on the sector of exercise,” mentioned Stephen Wright, Founder and Group Government Chairman of Windracers. “We developed ULTRA with this precise concept in thoughts, to supply low-cost technique of delivering humanitarian support to hard-to-reach places for individuals who need assistance probably the most. This settlement with Aviation Sans Frontières completes the circle of “lab to life” for Windracers ULTRA and I’m so very proud that the Windracers workforce can have the chance to ship on this mission in partnership with Aviation Sans Frontières.”
Windracers ULTRA is the world’s most completed long-distance heavy-lift cargo UAV obtainable immediately. With a payload of over 100kg and a spread of 1,000 km, ULTRA has flown numerous BVLOS missions. Windracers ULTRA has flown reconnaissance and resupply in Ukraine, geological and wildlife surveying in Antarctica, parcel supply off the Scottish and English coasts, wildfire missions, and dropped medical provides by parachute. Accessible as a service or a purchase order Windracers ULTRA has flown in Antarctica, North America, the United Kingdom, Europe and can quickly function in Africa.
Additional particulars might be launched by Aviation Sans Frontières and Windracers as the primary mission begins.
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