Vertiport operation to be boosted by collaboration between Siemens and Skyway

Siemens and Sky­way are work­ing to deter­mine what elec­tri­cal and dig­i­tal infra­struc­ture is need­ed to sup­port ver­ti­port oper­a­tions. The col­lab­o­ra­tion involves both com­pa­nies research­ing the ener­gy demands of ver­ti­ports and devel­op­ing sus­tain­able elec­tri­cal sup­ply, stan­dard charg­ing process­es, and a sys­tem of sys­tems to sup­port air­craft oper­a­tions.

A major objec­tive includes research­ing, devel­op­ing, plan­ning, and being part of the con­struc­tion and oper­a­tion. Sky­way has knowl­edge of air­space mis­sion plan­ning and man­age­ment, air traf­fic nav­i­ga­tion, and unmanned air­craft oper­a­tions, while Siemens has infra­struc­ture exper­tise in elec­tri­fi­ca­tion, vehi­cle charg­ing, and facil­i­ty oper­a­tions.

The two will work togeth­er to design a uni­ver­sal eVTOL charg­ing process by eval­u­at­ing the charg­ing, pow­er, and soft­ware require­ments to ensure reli­able and effi­cient oper­a­tions. In addi­tion, Siemens and Sky­way will col­lab­o­rate on inno­v­a­tive ideas to stan­dard­ise over­all ver­ti­port plan­ning and design and to reduce ener­gy con­sump­tion.

“Sus­tain­able ener­gy solu­tions will be the foun­da­tion and a neces­si­ty for adopt­ing urban air mobil­i­ty with the elec­tri­fi­ca­tion of eVTOL air­craft,” com­ment­ed Sky­way CEO Clif­ford Cruz.

“Com­bin­ing our com­pa­nies’ resources and indus­try fore­sight can influ­ence ver­ti­port con­struc­tion efforts and gen­er­al UAM solu­tions on an indus­try-wide scale while set­ting a new prece­dent for mod­ern trans­porta­tion.”

Siemens Smart Infra­struc­ture North Amer­i­ca head of air­ports John Kasu­da added: “The devel­op­ment and effi­cient oper­a­tions of ver­ti­ports will require inno­v­a­tive solu­tions to meet the expect­ed demands of fast air­craft turn­around times and a net­work of vary­ing land­ing facil­i­ties.”

The avi­a­tion indus­try is evolv­ing, with inno­va­tions being made in both flight and air traf­fic oper­a­tions. eVTOLs bring a new mobil­i­ty mar­ket that pos­i­tive­ly impacts com­mu­ni­ties through traf­fic decon­ges­tion and con­nec­tion to areas not well served by the cur­rent avi­a­tion sys­tem.

Last Octo­ber, Eve Air Mobil­i­ty signed a let­ter of intent with Sky­way Tech­nolo­gies to pro­vide Eve’s Urban Air Traf­fic Man­age­ment soft­ware , ensur­ing the traf­fic man­age­ment for future Urban Air Mobil­i­ty solu­tions sup­ports the needs and growth of the indus­try.

Eve Col­lab­o­rates with Sky­way for its Urban Air Traf­fic Man­age­ment Solu­tion