Akihabara News (Tokyo) \u2014 Osaka-based drone services provider DroNext is transforming into SkyScape, a new player in Japan\u2019s eVTOL industry. It aims to enter the advanced air mobility vertiport market with financial support from Drone Fund and other investors.<\/p>\n
In email communications and an exclusive interview with Akihabara News<\/em>, SkyScape Founder and President Asa Quesenberry reveals that \u201cwhile drones, aquatic drones, and our operator teams are a crucial part of our business, our real focus within the sector is on facility and infrastructure development for the advanced air mobility markets here in Japan and abroad.\u201d<\/p>\n He adds, \u201cour team has partnered with some major corporate groups here in Japan to begin testing our first generation vertiport integration platform<\/em>.\u201d In fact, the name of the company\u2019s lead product will be \u201cVIP.\u201d<\/p>\n The name \u201cSkyscape\u201d was selected to signal that the firm\u2019s ambitions go far beyond the drone industry alone. Rather, the aim is no less than to \u201cshape the skies\u201d as the world enters the new era of advanced air mobility.<\/p>\n Quesenberry says that he is unfazed by the fact that many other firms, domestic and international, have been signaling interest in building out Japan\u2019s vertiport infrastructure.<\/p>\n \u201cThe business model we\u2019ve come up with\u2013the way we\u2019re looking at implementing our vertiport development\u2013it doesn\u2019t put us in competition with many people. In fact, it allows us to actually collaborate with a lot of other companies,\u201d he states.<\/p>\n While Quesenberry is not interested in giving away the secret sauce, he does note that SkyScape\u2019s approach to vertiport development will be characterized by \u201ctrue modularity\u201d as well as affordable prices and the ability to integrate within both existing infrastructure or at greenfield sites.<\/p>\n He also specifies that SkyScape\u2019s business model will not encompass the ownership of vertiports.<\/p>\n SkyScape will soon be be announcing that it has closed its pre-seed investment round with Drone Fund taking the lead, but with several angel investors also contributing. While the precise level of funding isn\u2019t being revealed, Quesenberry characterizes the amount as \u201cenough for us to really get moving.\u201d<\/p>\n Although eVTOL infrastructure is now its lead focus, SkyScape will retain the legacy drone service and consulting clients which it has built up over the past five years.<\/p>\n Recent eVTOL Industry Related Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n SkyDrive\u2019s Outpost in South Carolina<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Asian Countries Preorder the EHang 216 eVTOL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Nomura Provides Loan to Vertical Aerospace<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Tokyo Launches Three-Year eVTOL Project<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Sumitomo and Kanematsu to Lift Singapore eVTOLs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Japan\u2019s Internationalized eVTOL Industry<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n SkyDrive SD-05 Taking Shape<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n First eVTOL Test Flight in Kyushu<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n eJet Searches for a Landing Pad<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n SkyDrive Hires Aviation Policy Heavyweight<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The post SkyScape Aims to Shape eVTOL Vertiports<\/a> appeared first on Akihabara News<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Akihabara News (Tokyo) \u2014 Osaka-based drone services provider DroNext is transforming into SkyScape, a new player in Japan\u2019s eVTOL industry. It aims to enter the advanced air mobility vertiport market with financial support from Drone Fund and other investors. In … Continue reading
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