EHang Holdings Limited (“EHang” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: EH), the
world’s leading urban air mobility (“UAM”) technology platform
company, announced that the EH216-S, its self-developed
passenger-carrying unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”) system, has
obtained the type certificate (“TC”) officially issued by the Civil
Aviation Administration of China (“CAAC”). This demonstrates that
the EH216-S’s model design fully complies with CAAC’s safety
standards and airworthiness requirements, and that the EH216-S is
qualified for conducting passenger-carrying UAV commercial
operations. As the world’s first TC for unmanned electric vertical
take-off and landing aircraft (“eVTOL”), the EH216-S TC not only
sets a benchmark for the airworthiness certification of innovative
eVTOLs in China and overseas, but also serves as an epoch-making
milestone for commercial UAM operations.
The EH216-S TC awarding ceremony was held at the
CAMIC International Convention Center in Beijing on October 13,
during which CAAC issued the EH216-S TC to EHang.
Since CAAC formally accepted EHang’s EH216-S TC
application in January 2021, the EHang team worked closely with
CAAC and its expert team towards validating and verifying the
aircraft’s innovative cutting-edge technologies. After more than
1,000 days and nights of persistent efforts, they overcame all
kinds of difficulties and challenges to successfully complete all
type certification objectives, proving that EHang is fully capable
of independently designing, developing, and manufacturing mature
unmanned eVTOL products.
The EH216-S stands as a pioneering technological
and product innovation with significant differences from
conventional aircraft in key areas including technical
architecture, configuration, performance, functionality,
operational mode and flight environment. For the EH216-S type
certification, CAAC and EHang upheld conventional century-old
aviation principles alongside an innovation-centric approach, which
involved formulating specific certification basis and means of
compliance tailored to the EH216-S’s distinctive technical
features, to conduct the type certification work.
In the realm of airworthiness certification
standards, CAAC assembled leading experts from local authorities,
aviation institutions and research organizations, and formally
published the Special Conditions for the EH216-S UAV System (the
“Special Conditions”) in February 2022. Amidst a global landscape
where eVTOL aviation airworthiness regulations are still evolving,
it is a pioneering initiative that China has formulated a rigorous
and scientific regulatory framework of airworthiness certification
for the EH216-S passenger-carrying UAV system. This represents the
collective expertise of CAAC, EHang, and unmanned aviation
professionals nationwide, and provides a robust foundation for more
efficient and wide-scale airworthiness certification for aircraft
of this kind in China and abroad.
During the validation process, the EH216-S
underwent extensive laboratory, ground, and flight tests at
professional aviation laboratories and test sites across multiple
locations in China. These tests included but were not limited to
main material performance, structural strength, flame resistance,
crashworthiness, gas toxicity, environmental conditions of
equipment and systems, software simulation, data links, ground
control stations, overall system functionality, electromagnetic
compatibility, flight performance and flight stability
characteristics. The validation process scrutinized components,
equipment, and the entire aircraft for prefabricated defects,
faults and interferences during both laboratory experiments and
flight trials. With that, the safety, airworthiness, performance,
functionality, usability and reliability of the EH216-S have been
thoroughly and rigorously validated through over 500 specific test
items, more than 40,000 test flights for adjustments, and formal
conformity validation tests encompassing 65 major categories and
over 450 individual test items. CAAC’s experience and expertise in
conducting the EH216-S airworthiness certification provides a
significant reference for the global aviation industry and plays a
pivotal role in shaping regulations, standards, and norms for
unmanned eVTOL airworthiness certification, serving as a crucial
benchmark for the industry worldwide.
Mr. Huazhi Hu, Founder, Chairman and CEO of
EHang, remarked, “I extend my heartfelt gratitude to CAAC, the
expert team, and all EHang employees for their unwavering
dedication. Our self-developed EH216-S passenger-carrying UAV
system has finally met high expectation to secure the first TC in
the global eVTOL industry, marking a significant chapter in civil
aviation history. Embracing the TC as our springboard, we will
launch commercial operations of the EH216-S unmanned eVTOLs,
prioritizing safety above all. This will enable us to steadily
progress towards our strategic goal to be a UAM platform operator,
and commit to our mission to enable safe, autonomous, and
eco-friendly air mobility accessible to everyone.”
About EHangEHang (Nasdaq: EH)
is the world’s leading urban air mobility (“UAM”) technology
platform company. Our mission is to enable safe, autonomous, and
eco-friendly air mobility accessible to everyone. EHang provides
customers in various industries with unmanned aerial vehicle
(“UAV”) systems and solutions: air mobility (including passenger
transportation and logistics), smart city management, and aerial
media solutions. EHang has obtained the world’s first type
certificate for unmanned eVTOL from the Civil Aviation
Administration of China in 2023. As the forerunner of cutting-edge
UAV technologies and commercial solutions in the global UAM
industry, EHang continues to explore the boundaries of the sky to
make flying technologies benefit our life in smart cities. For more
information, please visit www.ehang.com.
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