en.Wedoany.com Reported - Australian infrastructure company SkyPortz officially launched its Aeroberm vertiport platform system as a commercial product on May 5, 2026. The system was unveiled simultaneously at the Vertical Flight Society Forum 82 in Florida, USA, and the Rotortech 2026 exhibition on Australia's Gold Coast.

Aeroberm is designed to address a critical challenge facing electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft: the lack of safe, scalable landing sites. SkyPortz founder Clem Newton-Brown stated, "Without landing sites, you cannot build an aviation network. Currently, we don't have these points."

The system primarily tackles four core issues: downwash and outwash safety, lithium-ion battery fire risk, noise, and construction costs. Aeroberm uses fractal, angled panels to break up rotor airflow, and its fire suppression system can rapidly flood the landing area to submerge batteries in an emergency.

Swinburne University of Technology validated the system using computational fluid dynamics. Results showed that Aeroberm's fractal panels dissipate airflow energy 30% faster than grille panels and 90% faster than a flat surface.

Newton-Brown pointed out that the lack of takeoff and landing infrastructure is an industry bottleneck. Despite billions of dollars invested in eVTOL aircraft development, the absence of an infrastructure network will limit their deployment to existing airports and helipads, making it difficult to realize the flexible vision of urban air mobility. Aeroberm is positioned as a commercially deployable infrastructure and is seeking recognition from regulatory bodies such as the Civil Aviation Safety Authority, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency.

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