{"id":15051,"date":"2020-03-16T11:57:20","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T11:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=15051"},"modified":"2020-03-16T11:57:21","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T11:57:21","slug":"ehang-216-obtains-operational-permit-from-civil-aviation-authority-of-norway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/international-news\/ehang-216-obtains-operational-permit-from-civil-aviation-authority-of-norway\/%20","title":{"rendered":"EHang 216 Obtains Operational Permit from Civil Aviation Authority of Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

EHang Holdings Limited has announced that the company\nobtained operational permit for its two-seater passenger-grade AAV, the EHang\n216, from the Civil Aviation Authority of Norway (CAA Norway). This is the\nfirst operational permit for long term testing flight of EHang 216 in Europe,\nlaying a solid foundation for future urban air mobility (UAM) operations in\nother EU countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EHang 216 is demonstrated in North Carolina. Photo by Kim Stevens<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After the assessment of test flight plans and contingency\nplans, the CAA Norway issued an operational permit for EHang 216 to conduct\nflights together with a local customer for the purpose of testing and certification.\nAccording to CAA Norway, it believes the country\u2019s geographic conditions suit\nthe testing of unmanned aircraft well. Covered with a long strip of land with\nabundance of sparsely populated areas and free airspace, the country has\nstarted to build a network of small airports since 1960’s, connecting most\nterritories throughout the country. For the test flight of EHang 216, CAA\nNorway looks forward to witnessing it at Elvenes airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bente Heggedal, the Head of section for unmanned aviation,\nCAA Norway commented, \u201cEHang is an exciting and forward-looking project that\nshows the rapid development of UAM and AAV technology by today. The autonomous\npassenger aircrafts of the future can contribute to more efficient transport,\nparticularly in urban areas, and the electric models are a great contribution\nto the green shift. We look forward to EHang demonstrating a well-proven and\nsecure system, so that passenger AAVs can be a safe alternative for passenger\ntransport.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Surrounded by sea on three sides and rich in oil and gas\n(O&G) resources, Norway is a big exporter of O&G. According to Norway’s\n2020 National Budget, its oil industry contributes to 14% of its GDP and one\nfifth of the national income. In addition, an economic survey by Statistics Norway\nprojected the country’s total oil investment to reach $18.3 billion in 2020,\naccounting for 19% of the nation’s total investment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At present, Norwegian offshore drilling platforms are still\nusing helicopters for various transportation tasks such as personnel, spare\nparts, supplies, and O&G samples, which cost high in fuel and man powers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EHang’s networked and intelligent AAV provides a safe,\nautonomous, and eco-friendly solution, it enables simultaneous control and\nreal-time data exchange of multiple AAV through a command-and-control platform,\nwhich not only significantly saves cost in labor, but improves the operational\nefficiency by providing uninterrupted services 24-hours per day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With key features of safety, automation, vertical take-off\nand landing, big payload, cluster management, efficiency, and low cost, the\nEHang’s AAV solution is expected to play a significant role in various tasks\nsuch as frequent and point-to-point O&G samples delivery, maintenance and\ninspection, wind power plant servicing, and transportation of radioactive\nmaterials, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the new wave of the development of the oil industry in\nNorway, EHang expects to empower the O&G industry with our AAV technologies\nto reduce costs and increase efficiencies, and promote the use of green energy.\nIn the past two years, we have established strategic partnerships with valuable\nEuropean partners such as Vodafone, FACC and the ProSiebenSat.1 Group. We\nexpect to work with more strategic partners and help them with our safe,\nautonomous, and eco-friendly air mobility solutions,\u201d said Hu Huazhi, Founder,\nChairman and CEO of EHang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EHang became a publicly listed company on the Nasdaq Global\nMarket on December 12th, 2019 under the ticker symbol \u201cEH\u201d. On January 8, 2020,\nEHang received the first special flight authorization from the Federal Aviation\nAdministration (FAA) and conducted its first-ever trial flight of EHang 216 in\nAmerica.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

EHang Holdings Limited has announced that the company obtained operational permit for its two-seater passenger-grade AAV, the EHang 216, from the Civil Aviation Authority of Norway (CAA Norway). This is the first operational permit for long term testing flight of EHang 216 in Europe, laying a solid foundation for future urban air mobility (UAM) operations […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114,127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-news","category-unmanned-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15051"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15053,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15051\/revisions\/15053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}