Aerodrome automation specialist Altaport has signed new partnership agreements with six companies under which it would act as a systems integrator for vertiport infrastructure. The contracts announced this week cover joint efforts to develop a comprehensive vertiport management system, combining multiple critical systems into a single platform with “out-of-the-box capabilities” to facilitate the handling of high-volume ground operations for eVTOL aircraft and cargo drones.
The new partners include weather data analytics company TruWeather; eSTOL aircraft developer Electro.aero, which is providing charging stations; urban air mobility airspace awareness, security, and defense group Fortem Technologies; ground infrastructure operations monitoring and data services automation company 1200.aero; systems health and integrity software systems developer ResilianX; and ground handling operations automation specialist Moonware.
Together, the partners will incorporate data inputs such as low altitude micro-weather, automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast, foreign object debris detection, and airspace incursion sensors while managing ground activities like vehicle charging and ground support equipment allocation and movement.
Altaport’s software facilitates the management of what it calls high-tempo, autonomous ground activity, including resource scheduling, surface movement, ground service provisioning, passenger management, and vehicle charging. The partnerships augment those capabilities by providing real-time visibility into a number of factors that affect vertiport operations, said Altaport.
