Bayards Vertiports joins SkyScape Japan and SafeHUB Systems to develop first generation of Vertiports

Bayards Ver­ti­ports has signed a coop­er­a­tion agree­ment with Sky­Scape Japan (DroNext) and Safe­HUB Sys­tems to build scal­able ver­ti­ports in Japan made up of mod­u­lar blocks of high-grade alu­mini­um to cre­ate unique Ver­ti­port lay­outs and designs.

This allows cus­tomers to inte­grate advanced air mobil­i­ty (AAM) tech­nolo­gies and sys­tems into the blocks to give each Ver­ti­port unique func­tions and capa­bil­i­ties such as drone logis­tics, eVTOL oper­a­tions, drone first response, med­ical deliv­er­ies and secu­ri­ty.

James Earl, Busi­ness Unit man­ag­er at Bayards Ver­ti­ports com­ment­ed: “The eVTOL mar­ket must evolve from CGI con­cepts to tan­gi­ble solu­tions, and only organ­i­sa­tions with a proven track record in engi­neer­ing and con­struc­tion can accom­plish this by bring­ing togeth­er three com­pa­nies that can deliv­er on the promis­es made.”

Safe­HUB Sys­tems, a pas­sen­ger intake facil­i­ty spe­cial­ist, will inte­grate its tech­nol­o­gy into the ver­ti­port check-in ter­mi­nal, focussing on speed, safe­ty, and con­ve­nience for guests check­ing into Sky­Scape ver­ti­ports. The check-in ter­mi­nals devel­oped by Safe­Hub can be tai­lored to both pas­sen­ger oper­a­tions and car­go depend­ing on the needs of the ver­ti­port own­er.

Sky­Scape Japan (DroNext) from Osa­ka is Japan’s only VDMC (Ver­ti­port Devel­op­ment Man­age­ment Com­pa­ny) whose Ver­ti­port is designed in a mod­u­lar way to meet cus­tomer needs, while also pro­vid­ing end-to-end ser­vices rang­ing from land selec­tion and devel­op­ment, oper­a­tions and after-ser­vice.

Bayards Ver­ti­ports is part of the Bayards Alu­mini­um Con­struc­tions Group, one of the lead­ing alu­mini­um con­struc­tion com­pa­nies, active in health­care and civ­il con­struc­tions, mar­itime, supery­acht build­ing, oil & gas, wind ener­gy, and defence.

With over 700 helidecks installed world­wide, Bayards brings the knowl­edge and expe­ri­ence required to suc­cess­ful­ly man­age, co-design, and co-engi­neer chal­leng­ing projects.

The Japan­ese AAM mar­ket has seen tremen­dous growth in the last two years, pushed for­ward by the large oppor­tu­ni­ty to impact Japan­ese soci­ety and busi­ness.

In Octo­ber last year, Tokyo-based Nip­pon Koei aimed to become Japan’s mar­ket leader in the eVTOL ver­ti­port indus­try, with Yasushi Inoue, Senior Man­ag­er of the Glob­al Avi­a­tion Depart­ment, stat­ing: “We need to start as soon as pos­si­ble to design ver­ti­ports and be involved in the ear­ly stages of this new mar­ket.”

Nip­pon Koei Looks to Lead Japan’s Ver­ti­port Mar­ket

The month before, DroNext mor­phed into Sky­Scape, aim­ing to enter the AAM ver­ti­port mar­ket with finan­cial sup­port from Drone Fund and oth­er investors.

Japan: DroNext “Morphs into Sky­Scape” and Ver­ti­port Infra­struc­ture