Skyportz today announced the appointment of Robert Bassey as Technical and Regulatory Advisory Lead to support the company’s entry into the United States of America with Aeroberm™—Skyportz’s modular, downwash-managing vertiport system designed to accelerate safe, scalable Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) vertiport infrastructure.
“Robert Bassey is widely recognised as one of the leading technical contributors to the United States’ national vertiport design standards,” said the company in a press release. During his tenure in the FAA Office of Airports, he authored major elements of Engineering Brief 105A, helping shape foundational criteria for vertiport layout design, downwash/outwash requirements, site safety, and fire protection integration for next-generation eVTOL operations.
Bassey’s technical advisory remit will focus on aligning Aeroberm’s design and operational interfaces with key US expectations for vertiport infrastructure, including performance-informed downwash/outwash management, site safety objectives, noise amelioration measures and integrated fire and emergency response considerations, said Skyportz. The work will also support Skyportz engagement with airports, state agencies, OEMs, and infrastructure partners as Aeroberm deployments are progressed.
Robert also currently serves as Chief Strategy Officer for Advanced Air Mobility at EIT, a multidisciplinary engineering firm, and leads Avika Sky, EIT’s dedicated AAM systems-integration subsidiary. In these roles, he oversees the coordinated integration of aircraft operations, vertiport infrastructure, energy systems, regulatory compliance frameworks, safety governance, and state and airport deployment planning across multiple programs. He also leads AAM Blueprint Advisory, a technical consultancy providing early-stage regulatory alignment and design-intent guidance to emerging AAM infrastructure programs globally.
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