The Central and Southern Regional Administration of Civil Aviation of China issued the world's first unmanned manned aircraft production license to Guangzhou-based EHang Intelligent Holdings Co., Ltd. on the 7th, indicating that the company's product EHang EH216-S has been qualified for mass production, providing an important guarantee for the next step of commercial operation.
EHang EH216-S unmanned manned aircraft. Photo by Li Jianfeng
The relevant person in charge of the Airworthiness Certification Department of the Central South Bureau of Civil Aviation said that EHang will continue to do a good job in post-certification management construction, including the original R&D and design team of EH216-S to do continuous safety improvement to ensure the construction and continuous improvement of the production quality system and after-sales service construction.
EHang is an urban air mobility technology company covering applications such as air mobility (including manned transportation and logistics transportation), smart city management, and aerial media. The EH216-S has a maximum design speed of 130km/h, a maximum range of 30km, and a maximum flight time of 25 minutes.
Since the beginning of this year, the Guangzhou Development Zone, where EHang is headquartered, has launched the first batch of 10 high-efficiency logistics low-altitude routes and the city's first low-altitude distribution express line for urban medical groups, accelerating the planning and construction of low-altitude economic industrial parks and injecting impetus into the development of low-altitude economy.
Source: People's Daily Editor: Yang Yujie
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