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Skyportz To Test Full-Scale Vertiport Next Year
Fabrication of proprietary Aeroberm design now underway in Australia
Graphic rendering of octagonal landing pad
Skyportz’s modular system features a scalable landing pad designed to suck in air and circulate currents below its elevated deck, dissipating downwash and outwash.

Skyportz and Dubai-based Foster Aviation are partnering to develop vertiports for eVTOL aircraft in the UAE. The companies announced the move this week, explaining that the new facilities will use Skyportz's patented Aeroberm technology, for which it is now taking advance orders and it will start testing at full-scale in 2027.

According to Australia-based Skyportz, its aircraft-agnostic vertiport design integrates fractal panel geometry into a landing surface, along with an optional ‘dunk tank’ that can be filled with water. These are intended to address vertiport challenges such as mitigating the impact of downwash and outwash from aircraft, as well as noise, and lithium-ion battery fires. 

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