SLiNK-TECH - ARPAS UK

Bristol-based technology company SLiNK-TECH sold its flagship PORTAL vertiport system to Snowdonia Aerospace Centre in January
The vertiport, launched this week, is the first permanent installation of its kind in the UK
The installation will help Snowdonia Aerospace Centre to servethe UK and global drone industry.

The UK’s first permanent vertiport will be officially unveiled tomorrow in Llanbedr, North Wales. SLiNK-TECH designed the first vertiport of its kind in the UK, the launch of which marks a significant milestone for the UK drone industry.

Snowdonia Aerospace Centre (SAC) purchased PORTAL in January and completed installation last week. The advanced landing solution is highly automated and provides integrated flight management at any location.

“We are thrilled to be partnering with SAC to bring this innovative new system to the UK,” said John Goudie, CEO of SLiNK-TECH. “Our PORTAL vertiport system is a game-changer for the future of flight, and we are confident that our installation at SAC will provide significant benefits to testing of future use cases.”

To mark the occasion industry leaders and policymakers will be travelling to Llanbedr for the PORTAL Party, an event featuring state-of-the art demonstrations and expert talks over two days. The addition of a vertiport to its site highlights SAC’s commitment to encouraging innovation and supporting technological advancement in the UK.

CEO of SAC, Lee Paul, said: “Snowdonia Aerospace is excited to be supporting SLiNK-TECH with the testing of the PORTAL vertiport concept and we look forward to working together to create a legacy capability at the Snowdonia Aerospace Centre for the drone and air mobility communities to test and train in an archetype of future UK lower airspace management”

PORTAL was installed at SAC at the end of June and will be used for testing and trials at the site.

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About SLiNK-TECH
SLiNK-TECH Ltd (SLiNK) is a Bristol, UK-based technology company, pioneering drone and vertiport automation solutions built to scale the future of flight economy, enabling safe, low cost, automated drone launch and landing with minimal infrastructure in any environment.

The company, founded in 2018, has been developing their advanced landing solution, which is safe, low cost and highly automated. Their vision is to make the benefits of drone logistics available across all industries and applications.

About Snowdonia Aerospace Centre
Snowdonia Aerospace LLP operates the Snowdonia Aerospace Centre, Llanbedr, Gwynedd, the premier commercial UK test centre for next-generation aerospace including “drones-for-good”. They have also established Snowdonia Aerospace Drone Services Ltd. to further develop and commercially exploit the output of their research.

Both SLiNK-TECH and Snowdonia Aerospace Centre are ARPAS-UK members.

16 July 2024

There are hundreds of eVTOL aircraft concepts currently in development, but what about the development of infrastructure to support these aircraft?

SLiNK-TECH is addressing this with their core technology called PORTAL – a deployable vertiport solution that provides integrated flight management at any location.

This talk, with John Goudie, CEO & Founder at SLiNK-Tech, explores the challenges with infrastructure deployments, discusses SLiNK-TECH’s automation first approach with PORTAL, and will share insights around the scaling challenges slowing widespread adoption of drones and air-taxis.

Also, one of the PORTAL project partners, Cambridge Sensoriis, will be supporting the webinar and Mac Exon-Taylor, Sales Director, will be highlighting the need for ground-to-air surveillance monitoring the airspace surrounding the vertiport, and the benefits of using radar as a sensor to address these requirements. Sensoriis will also be launching an Air-to-Air-Radar which would be integrated onboard a drone and carry out the detect aspect of Detect-and-Avoid (DAA), for avoiding obstacles while inflight.

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About the Speakers:

John Goudie, CEO & Founder at SLiNK-TECH

John holds over 14 years of hands-on development experience in aerospace and drone technology sectors. He’s been involved with several drone development projects, including Facebook’s HAPS Internet Connectivity drone, Aquila, where he led system development. Holding a degree from The Ohio State University, he possesses deep insights into UAS systems and automation and is particularly enthusiastic about the potential of drones to revolutionise logistics, seeing it as a key area for growth and innovation

His current company, SLiNK-TECH, provides enabling infrastructure for fully autonomous take-off and landing of future flight use cases, including delivery drones, inspection drones and UAM air taxis. SLiNK-TECH have won two UKRI Future Flight Challenge grants (December 2020, July 2022) and are currently leading Project PORTAL, in a consortia of seven organisations.

Mac Exon-Taylor, Sales Director at Cambridge Sensoriis

Mac is a veteran of B2B technology-led companies in various sectors, with extensive experience in Sales, Consulting and Senior Management throughout Europe and Asia Pacific.

He is an experienced executive with a highly consultative and articulate style, specialising in taking lead roles in early-stage companies, pioneering new markets, and developing a scalable sales process.

He is an Operational Research graduate from the University of Lancaster and a passionate sportsperson.