US developer of vertiports Volatus Infrastructure is teaming up with South Korean advanced air mobility (AAM) plane developer Plana in an effort to close what appears to be a significant gap in preparing for next-generation aircraft services: having necessary ground assets set up and operating by the time air taxis are ready to begin transporting passengers.

With the perhaps only the exception of related regulation, the availability of necessary numbers of vertiports equipped with charging stations and effective navigational tech now appears to pose the largest threat to passenger services once AAM craft are certified to fly – a preparedness risk Volatus Infrastructure and Plana are now moving to address. 

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This week the companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to work together and coordinate the design, components, and construction of Volatus…

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Source: dronedj.com