Volatus Infrastructure and Ace VTOL to develop 700-strong vertiport ecosystem across Oceania region

Vola­tus Infra­struc­ture & Ener­gy (VI&E) Solu­tions has entered into a joint ven­ture with Aus­tralian-based eVTOL com­pa­ny Ace VTOL to devel­op a 700 ver­ti­port ecosys­tem to estab­lish an advanced air mobil­i­ty (AAM) infra­struc­ture ecosys­tem in the Ocea­nia region.

It will devel­op a wheel­chair acces­si­ble solar-pow­ered lift and inte­grate Ace’s open-source arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence (AI) unmanned traf­fic man­age­ment (UTM) to ensure safe­ty flight man­age­ment.

“Work­ing with Brett these last few months has made us realise all the dif­fer­ent projects we are able to col­lab­o­rate on,” said Grant Fisk, VI&E Solu­tions Co-Founder. “It is remark­able to see so many ideas come togeth­er and expand when you share core philoso­phies.”

Ace VTOL CEO Brett Northey added: “Our joint ven­ture with VI&E Solu­tions sig­ni­fies a deci­sive first step for the real­i­sa­tion of a new trans­port demo­graph­ic for peo­ple in the Ocea­nia region.

“VI&E Solu­tions will enable a con­nect­ed frame­work of eVTOL own­er­ship and oper­a­tions for pri­vate and com­mer­cial use cas­es to short­en the dis­tances in our great south­ern lands. Ace is proud to work with Grant Fisk and his vision­ary team as we look to rev­o­lu­tionise the way peo­ple move.”

Ace VTOL is a com­pa­ny focused on deliv­er­ing safe and sus­tain­able eVTOL air­craft to the glob­al mar­ket with mul­ti­role air­frames for com­mer­cial, logis­tics and munic­i­pal appli­ca­tions.

eVTOL air­craft, or fly­ing taxis as they are com­mon­ly known, will serve as a step­ping stone to a fly­ing car future, acces­si­ble to any­one through the company’s AI and per­son­al fly­ing ‘Mus­cle Car’ eVTOLs.

Ulti­mate­ly, Ace is com­mit­ted to alle­vi­at­ing the issues asso­ci­at­ed with the exist­ing trans­port ecosys­tem, increas­ing prop­er­ty and busi­ness val­u­a­tion through con­nec­tiv­i­ty and plac­ing Aus­tralia at the lead­ing edge of this excit­ing new trans­port demo­graph­ic.

Found­ed in 2021, Vola­tus Infra­struc­ture & Ener­gy Solu­tions is con­nect­ing com­mu­ni­ties with best-in-class eVTOL infra­struc­ture tech­nol­o­gy to ensure soci­ety is ready for the future. VI&E Solu­tions offers three mod­u­lar ver­ti­port designs and charg­ing sta­tions for elec­tric vehi­cles by air, land, and sea.

Last month, Vola­tus Infra­struc­ture signed a mem­o­ran­dum of under­stand­ing with Ace VTOL as Ace VTOL’s pre­ferred infra­struc­ture provider.

Ace VTOL to work with Vola­tus Infra­struc­ture and expand future oppor­tu­ni­ties for Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty in Aus­tralia