Dubai-based Foster Aviation and Australia’s Aeroberm, a Skyportz company, have formed a partnership aimed at accelerating the rollout of vertiport infrastructure across the UAE.

Under the partnership, Foster Aviation will act as an Aeroberm partner in the UAE, working with local air safety regulators and the property industry to establish vertiport sites throughout the country. The collaboration combines Foster Aviation’s regulatory relationships and vertiport design and construction capability with Aeroberm’s patented modular vertipad technology.

Aeroberm says its system addresses three issues affecting vertiport certification: downwash and outwash wind forces, lithium-ion battery fire risk and community noise. Its patented fractal panel deck dissipates wind energy around 90 per cent faster than conventional tarmac, according to computational fluid dynamics research conducted with Swinburne University, with early indications that the same design element may also reduce community noise. An optional integrated dunk tank can fully submerge the aircraft battery in the event of a battery fire.

Foster Aviation will display a prototype of Aeroberm’s fractal panel at VertiExpo Dubai, held from 14 to 16 December 2026 at Festival Arena, Festival City. Advance orders will be taken at the event for delivery throughout 2027.

Foster Aviation MD Mohamed Saleem says: “The UAE is uniquely positioned to lead the global transition toward advanced air mobility, and the development of safe, scalable and commercially viable infrastructure will be fundamental to that ambition. Aeroberm’s patented vertipad technology offers an innovative approach to some of the key challenges facing eVTOL infrastructure. Through this partnership, Foster Aviation is committed to bringing this technology to the UAE and working with regulators, developers, investors and industry leaders to establish the foundations for a scalable vertiport network across the country and, ultimately, the wider region.”

Aeroberm founder and CEO Clem Newton-Brown OAM says: “The UAE has the vision, the regulatory leadership and the appetite for innovation to be among the first places in the world where flying taxis become part of everyday life. That makes it the ideal launch market for Aeroberm. In Foster Aviation we have found a partner with the regulatory relationships, regional reach and hands-on vertiport design and construction expertise to turn that ambition into real sites on the ground. Together we can show the property industry that a vertiport can be safely hosted on a rooftop, a car park or a waterfront development, and help build the dense network of destinations that advanced air mobility needs to succeed.”

The partnership will support the UAE’s AAM plans as eVTOL operators move towards commercial certification.