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PRESS RELEASE
Avika Sky Advanced Air Mobility Infrastructure Consortium Launches with Former FAA Leader as Chairman. Former FAA Senior Leader Robert Bassey Joins AAM Systems Integration Consortium
Feature interview with Bassey on The Ways We Move podcast releases December 19, 2025.
Editor’s Note from The Ways We Move
After interviewing Robert Bassey on our previous podcast, The Ways We Move, which you can find on Buzzsprout and our YouTube channel, Robert shares his plans to transition from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. We’re pleased to report that Bassey has joined aviation infrastructure company EIT as Chairman of the Board, and Avika Sky’ | ‘s Chief Strategy Officer for Advanced Air Mobility.
In our latest podcast episode, releasing Thursday, December 19, 2025, Robert discusses his transition from government agency to startup, his new role, and what to expect from the Advanced Air Mobility infrastructure consortium.
We welcome Avika Sky as the first U.S. Advanced Air Mobility infrastructure company focused on systems integration and vertiport deployment.
We welcome EIT‘s Avika Sky as the first U.S. Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) infrastructure company, with their first press release below.
Press Release
December 5th, 2025 — Avika Sky, an Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) systems integration consortium focused on enabling safe and scalable deployment of next-generation aviation infrastructure, today announced the appointment of Robert Bassey as Chairman of the Board.
Bassey brings deep regulatory, technical, and operational expertise to Avika Sky following his tenure as a senior leader in the Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Airports, where he served as a principal technical contributor to the development of the United States’ first national vertiport design standards. His work helped shape key elements of FAA Engineering Brief 105A and subsequent technical guidance governing vertiport geometry, safety areas, downwash criteria, ARFF integration, and aviation-infrastructure interoperability for electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
Robert’s regulatory leadership and technical experience provide exactly the governance capability Avika Sky needs as we scale nationally,” said Hirsh Singh, Founder & Executive Chair of Avika Sky. “His appointment reinforces our commitment to disciplined, standards-based systems integration across the AAM ecosystem.
In his role as Chairman, Bassey will provide governance leadership and strategic direction as Avika Sky expands its national mission as a neutral integrator across the AAM ecosystem, coordinating collaboration among government agencies, airports, aircraft manufacturers, engineering firms, infrastructure providers, and technology partners.
“Successful Advanced Air Mobility deployment depends on disciplined systems integration across regulation, infrastructure, operations and community engagement,” said Bassey. “Avika Sky’s focus on building coordinated, standards aligned solutions is essential to ensuring AAM moves from vision to safe, scalable reality. I look forward to supporting the consortium as we work with partners nationwide”
Avika Sky is structured as a multi-stakeholder consortium operating as a systems integrator, supporting state and municipal sponsors, airports, and industry partners in program planning, regulatory alignment, infrastructure validation, and early deployment frameworks for vertiport networks and AAM operations.
About Avika Sky
Avika Sky is an Advanced Air Mobility systems integration consortium dedicated to enabling safe, interoperable, and community-ready deployment of next-generation aviation networks. Working across public and private sector partners, Avika Sky coordinates regulatory alignment, technical systems integration, infrastructure planning, and operational readiness to support the transition from concept to execution for AAM programs nationwide.
About The Ways We Move Podcast
The Ways We Move explores innovative mobility solutions and the people pioneering transportation’s future. Featuring in-depth conversations with engineers, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders, the podcast covers electric aviation, urban air mobility, sustainable transportation, and emerging mobility technologies. Available on all major podcast platforms and YouTube.
Listen to the full interview with Robert Bassey on December 19, 2025, on Buzzsprout and YouTube.
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Nicolas Zart, ElectricAirMobility.news