Read: Spain’s National Police welcomes its EHang EH216 into useĮarlier this month, the company assisted Spain’s National Police in test flights of the EHang EH216 air taxi that the force acquired for official use in emergency responses. It is conducted under its Single European Sky Air Traffic Management Research initiative staging test flights of next-generation aircraft operating different kinds of missions – including transport of human passengers and cargo.ĮHang is one of 16 AMU-LED consortium members that include aerospace research institutes, universities, drone producers, UAM, and air taxi manufacturers and operators, and navigation and U-space service providers. The program is part of the EU’s Horizon 2020 program.
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The demonstration of EHang’s air taxi prototype closed out the series of UAM events under the current AMU-LED round, which began in January of 2021. “With the EH216 flight demonstrations, EHang is proud to continue contributing to innovative deployments of safe, sustainable and efficient aerial transportation for everyone with our cutting-edge (UAM) technologies.” “EH216’s flight demonstrations are of paramount importance to the AMU-LED project, which enables the development of UAM and U-space in Europe,” said Victoria Jing Xiang, EHang’s chief operating officer for Europe and Latin America. In response, the EH216 successful executed conflict management procedures during cruising and approach to the designated vertiport for landing. The craft safely and effectively negotiated a series of simulated scenarios likely to be encountered during actual service, including the presence of other uncrewed craft in the same U-Space.
To do so, the flight data of EHang’s autonomously operated EH216 air taxi was entered into the tech platform managing the surrounding UAM airspace for monitoring and guidance during the demonstrations. Read: Drone incidents drop in the EASA’s 2021 annual safety report
The series of outings were held at a Galician research center of Spain’s National Institute of Aerospace Technology, and fulfilled Concepts of Operations requirements that met objectives stipulated under the AMU-LED project. The eVTOL can reach speeds over 80 mph (130 kph) and promises ranges of up to 18.6 miles (30 km) per charge.EHang, the China-based developer of next-generation aircraft for use in urban air mobility (UAM) services, has taken another step in its efforts to usher in the launch of air taxis around the globe by successfully completing demonstration flights of its EH216 in a European Union-sanctioned event.ĮHang said its EH216 air taxi prototype performed without hitches during a session in Spain of the “Air Mobility Urban – Large Experimental Demonstration” (AMU-LED) project, one of the EU’s largest programs to feature, test, and advance UAM craft and services toward launch. It features gull-wing doors, and 16 electric motors, and can fly at altitudes of 9,800 ft (3,000 m).
These tests are proof of EHang’s commitment to deploying innovative, safe, sustainable, and efficient aerial transportation for everyone, using cutting-edge AAV technologies.Įhang’s EH216 air taxi is a short-range aircraft that can transport two people. The EH216 performed safely and efficiently in all scenarios.Īs stated by Victoria Jing Xiang, Chief Operating Officer of EHang Europe and Latin America, the latest flight demonstrations of the EH216 are very important for the AMU-LED project, whose purpose is to enable the development of urban air mobility and U-space in Europe.
Various scenarios were simulated for the flight demos, including the presence of other UAS (unmanned aerial systems) in the surrounding airspace and the proper implementation of conflict management procedures during flight. The flights took place at the Rozas Airborne Research Center of Spain’s National Institute of Aerospace Technology in Lugo, Galicia. Now, Ehang announces that its EH216 air taxi has successfully performed flight demonstrations in Spain as part of the AMU-LED project. Several strategic partners from Spain joined EHang, including Bluenest, the country’s national police, and Aeroports de Catalunya. This summer, the Chinese company showcased its EH216 eVTOL at the Expodronica 2022 event that’s part of the World ATM Congress and took place in Madrid. We use both our own and third-party cookies to enhance our services and to offer you the content that most suits your preferences by analysing your browsing habits. The latest event involving EHang’s air taxi in the country was the successful completion of flight demonstrations under the European Union’s Air Mobility Urban-Large Experimental Demonstration (AMU-LED) project.īack in 2021, EHang announced the beginning of a collaboration with the Spanish National Police to explore potential use cases for AAVs in security and emergency missions. Chinese eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) aircraft manufacturer EHang has multiple ongoing partnerships in Spain, where it keeps a constant presence with its EH216 AAV (autonomous aerial vehicle).
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