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Final Testing Complete
EHang has now accomplished the ultimate flight tests required within the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) type certification (TC) process for the EH216-S. The method has taken 31 months – but EHang says that they expect to receive type certification soon, having finished the last stage of the evaluation with flights to show and confirm compliance with regulations.
Starting from battery, environment, material, strength, electronics, software, data link to ground control station, we’ve sufficiently proved that EH216-S meets the security standards and airworthiness requirements by the CAAC, through scientific approaches, multi-angle demonstrations, rigorous testing, and continuous optimizations.
As an revolutionary product for urban air mobility, EH216-S keep on with three fundamental technological principles, that are full redundancy, autonomous flying, and cluster management.
When EHang receives CAAC TC, the certification will represent a world first within the advanced air mobility industry. “We’ve made remarkable progress in our pursuit of long-term growth. Notably, we’re thrilled to announce that we’ve successfully accomplished all of the planned tests for EH216-S type certification,” said Huazhi Hu, Founder, Chairman and CEO of EHang. This achievement marks a major unprecedented milestone in the worldwide emerging eVTOL industry, underscoring our unwavering dedication and pioneering benefits. Moreover, this sets the stage for us to secure the kind certificate soon and proceed with our endeavors to initiate industrial operations.”
The Cloud System Enabling Business Flights
EHang Unmanned Aircraft Cloud System (UACS) has also been approved by the CAAC for trial operations. EHang UACS is designed as an airspace management tool and operations management tool “enabling cluster management of multiple aircrafts throughout the same airspace… ensuring safer and more reliable operations.”
“…the approval of the UACS trial operations serves as a major safeguard for large-scale operational safety and management,” says the announcement.
EHang has conducted over 9,300 successful low-altitude “tourism flight trials” in 18 cities in China. These flights have served as a testing ground for the UACS digital platform.
As EHang has moved forwards on TC, Chinese government agencies have moved to “support the event of the low-altitude economy, which creates a broad space for the implementation and operation of UAM applications,” the announcement says.
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