Renowned post-modern Dutch architect and urban theorist Rem Koolhaas once said that “infrastructure is much more important than architecture.” When it comes to vertiports, his words ring true.
Images abound of sparkly new vertiport designs, with passengers happily climbing aboard electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicles from attractive and efficient facilities. But unless these vertiports have the necessary electrical and digital infrastructure, they are unlikely to fulfil the promise of the new urban air mobility (UAM) revolution.
“A vertiport’s digital and electrical infrastructure will differ significantly from that of a small airport due to the unique characteristics of VTOL operations,” explained Amit Ganjoo, founder and CEO of Washington DC-based ANRA Technologies, which has developed a vertiport management system (VMS)…
Images abound of sparkly new vertiport designs, with passengers happily climbing aboard electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicles from attractive and efficient facilities. But unless these vertiports have the necessary electrical and digital infrastructure, they are unlikely to fulfil the promise of the new urban air mobility (UAM) revolution.
“A vertiport’s digital and electrical infrastructure will differ significantly from that of a small airport due to the unique characteristics of VTOL operations,” explained Amit Ganjoo, founder and CEO of Washington DC-based ANRA Technologies, which has developed a vertiport management system (VMS)…
