WindShape

WindShape is a Swiss company that develops laboratory equipment and test services for drones and other aircraft. Its main product, the WindShaper, is a modular multi-fan wind generator that lets drones be tested in free flight under controlled wind, gusts and turbulence. The idea started in 2015 in the lab of Prof. Flavio Noca in Geneva, and the company was incorporated in Geneva in 2017. It serves drone manufacturers, researchers and universities.

Products

• WindShaper: modular, portable multi-fan wind generator built to any size and shape
• WindControl software to control the WindShaper and view wind data in real time
• WindProbe: digital multi-hole pressure probe for wind speed and direction
• WindVision visualization software

Services

WindShape runs drone test centers in Tulsa, Oklahoma and at its Swiss headquarters. The Tulsa center has eight labs, including environmental chambers, a wet lab for rain, wind and gust testing, a flight lab, a subsystems lab and an outdoor flight range. Services include C-class marking tests for the European market, environmental testing for arctic, desert and high altitude conditions, performance and safety assessment, FMEA and fault tree analysis.

Company facts

• Incorporated in Geneva in 2017
• First full-scale WindShaper, WindShaper One (3 m x 3 m, 1,296 fans), inaugurated at Caltech in October 2017
• Profitable for the first time in 2022
• 50th WindShaper shipped in October 2024 to Mississippi State University
• Swiss office in Vernier with 350 m2 of offices and 650 m2 of labs and workshops
• US subsidiary WindShape, Inc. opened a 2,000 m2 test center in Tulsa in 2025