Vertical Flight Society Announces 8th Advanced Air Mobility Infrastructure Workshop

The Ver­ti­cal Flight Soci­ety (VFS) is set to host its 8th Work­shop on Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty (AAM) Infra­struc­ture on Sept. 17–18, 2024. This piv­otal event, held at the US Navy Memo­r­i­al Vis­i­tor Cen­ter in Wash­ing­ton, DC, aims to address the crit­i­cal need for infra­struc­ture devel­op­ment to sup­port the bur­geon­ing elec­tric ver­ti­cal take­off and land­ing (eVTOL) air­craft indus­try.

Workshop Focus: eVTOL Vertiport Development

The work­shop will delve into the intri­ca­cies of devel­op­ing infra­struc­ture to sup­port eVTOL air­craft, align­ing with the ongo­ing efforts of the US Fed­er­al Avi­a­tion Admin­is­tra­tion (FAA) and indus­try part­ners to estab­lish eVTOL ver­ti­ports.

Day One Highlights: FAA Updates and Weather Challenges

The first day of the work­shop will fea­ture updates on the FAA’s Ver­ti­port Engi­neer­ing Brief No. 105 and ver­ti­port sym­bol­o­gy research. Addi­tion­al­ly, a cru­cial dis­cus­sion led by NASA researchers, FAA rep­re­sen­ta­tives, and indus­try experts will address the unique weath­er chal­lenges asso­ci­at­ed with ver­ti­port oper­a­tions. The day will con­clude with a focus on devel­op­ing local AAM knowl­edge and edu­ca­tion.

Day Two Highlights: Certification, CNS, and OEM Roundtable

The sec­ond day will com­mence with an out­brief of the Amer­i­can Insti­tute of Aero­nau­tics and Astro­nau­tics (AIAA) Cer­ti­fi­ca­tion Task Force. Sub­se­quent ses­sions will explore AAM communications/navigation/surveillance (CNS) and the imple­men­ta­tion of a safe­ty man­age­ment sys­tem (SMS) in AAM infra­struc­ture oper­a­tions. The work­shop will cul­mi­nate in a round­table dis­cus­sion with lead­ing eVTOL orig­i­nal equip­ment man­u­fac­tur­ers (OEMs), offer­ing insights into their infra­struc­ture needs and expec­ta­tions.

VFS: A Leader in AAM Infrastructure Development

As with pre­vi­ous work­shops, VFS is com­mit­ted to pro­vid­ing an open forum for indus­try stake­hold­ers, sub­ject mat­ter experts, and gov­ern­ment rep­re­sen­ta­tives to exchange ideas and address the lat­est advance­ments and chal­lenges in AAM and ver­ti­cal flight infra­struc­ture. VFS has been active­ly dri­ving con­sen­sus-based solu­tions since 2019 through these work­shops, play­ing a piv­otal role in inform­ing and guid­ing both indus­try and gov­ern­ment ini­tia­tives.

Who Should Attend

The work­shop wel­comes a diverse range of par­tic­i­pants, includ­ing eVTOL man­u­fac­tur­ers, fed­er­al and state depart­ment of trans­porta­tion (DOT) offi­cials, FAA offi­cials, NASA researchers, munic­i­pal­i­ty lead­ers, indi­vid­u­als work­ing in or with the Depart­ment of Defense (DoD), infra­struc­ture design­ers, archi­tec­ture and engi­neer­ing firms, avi­a­tion insur­ance com­pa­nies, Part 135 com­muter or on-demand oper­a­tions cer­tifi­cate hold­ers, build­ing and fire code pro­fes­sion­als, land-use pro­fes­sion­als, and any­one else inter­est­ed in the future of AAM infra­struc­ture.

Parting Thoughts

The 8th AAM Infra­struc­ture Work­shop host­ed by the Ver­ti­cal Flight Soci­ety rep­re­sents a piv­otal moment in the advance­ment of eVTOL infra­struc­ture. As the indus­try con­tin­ues to evolve at a rapid pace, col­lab­o­ra­tive efforts like this are essen­tial to ensure the safe, effi­cient, and sus­tain­able inte­gra­tion of eVTOL air­craft into our air­space. By bring­ing togeth­er key stake­hold­ers from across the spec­trum, this work­shop promis­es to fos­ter mean­ing­ful dia­logue, dri­ve inno­va­tion, and shape the future of ver­ti­cal flight.

For more infor­ma­tion:

• US Fed­er­al Avi­a­tion Admin­is­tra­tion (FAA)
• Nation­al Aero­nau­tics and Space Admin­is­tra­tion (NASA)
• Amer­i­can Insti­tute of Aero­nau­tics and Astro­nau­tics (AIAA)

Image Credits:

• Five-Alpha for VFS

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