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VI&E Solutions adds FRAIHMWORK to Wittman vertiport project
FRAIHMWORK detects adverse conditions within automated ecosystems. At Wittman, this could cover battery charging, surveillance, comms, weather sensors, networking equipment and management of ops and personnel.
VI&E Solutions aims to engage ResilienX in providing their FRAIHMWORK solution as an in-time aviation safety management system (IASMS) capability at Wittman Regional airport.
Read this story in our January 2024 printed issue.

US vertiport developer Volatus Infrastructure & Energy Solutions has engaged ResilienX to provide its FRAIHMWORK solution for in-time aviation safety management system (IASMS) capability within its eVTOL vertiport project at Wittman Regional airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

"As a leader in reliable, affordable physical infrastructure for advanced air mobility, we at VI&E Solutions are keen to forge partnerships with leaders in robust digital infrastructure. Ryan [Pleskach, CEO] and [CTO Andrew] Carter are dedicated professionals who understand that interoperability is absolutely essential. Leveraging the operational expertise of ResilienX will prove invaluable in the long run," says CEO Dan Sloat.

"We are thrilled that VI&E Solutions has put its trust in us to monitor the health and performance of this diverse ecosystem. We look forward to working through all of the edge cases that will give regulators and the public around the world confidence in VI&E Solutions' emerging vertiport network," adds Pleskach.

ResilienX has developed an IASMS platform around fault tolerance, safety assurance and maintenance of complex systems of systems. As vertiports move towards becoming more like an airport and less like a concrete slab, it envisions a complex system including battery charging, surveillance, comms, weather sensors, networking equipment and all of the digital infrastructure needed to manage and direct operations and personnel. ResilienX monitors the health, integrity and performance of these diverse systems and orchestrates mitigations to gracefully degrade as adverse or off-nominal conditions occur.

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