The UK’s large scale drone and soon to be eVTOL testing facility, Snowdonia Aerospace Centre, has chosen Aerovolt to provide multiple charging systems for aircraft development and future flight technologies.
Aerovolt is already engaged with 70 UK regional and medium-sized airports on smart charging installs for new electric aircraft. As of March, it will install their certified smart charging system which uses the AS6968 protocol currently used by a number of certified and in-development aircraft worldwide. Allowing new electric aircraft systems, manned and unmanned, to use point to point flying and re-charging across the UK.
The installation at Snowdonia Aerospace Centre will also feature the UK’s first thermal runway detection system for airside charging facilities using a bespoke wireless thermal monitoring and alarm system.
Following the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) guidelines issued in January, the Aerospace Centre is also planning the UK’s first eVTOL vertiport facility to further develop the framework for the upcoming Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) market. The vertiport will support automated take-off, landing and terminal area manoeuvring of drones and eVTOL aircraft. SLiNK-TECH are also in discussion with policy experts from the CAA to use the vertiport to capture eVOTL noise and rotor downwash data as part of certification testing for this new class of air vehicle.
The combination of the Aerovolt electric charging systems and the SLiNK-TECH Portal, alongside existing Permanent Airspace Danger Area and in-house Air Navigation Service Provision, will position the Snowdonia Aerospace Centre as a leading flight test centre for eVTOL flights in the UK.
