EHang reports it has completed point-to-point urban flights of its EH216-S pilotless eVTOL in the city heart of Zaragoza, Spain, “representing the first emergency response urban flights of a pilotless eVTOL aircraft in Europe, and setting a new benchmark for emergency response solutions,” said the company in a press release.
“Today’s emergency response flights form part of the European Union’s U-SAVE (Urban Supply Aerial Vehicles for Emergencies) project, funded by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), and marks the achievement of the project’s final milestone,” said EHang. “Over the past year, flights were conducted with various aircraft in controlled environments—both at EHang’s Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Center in Europe at Lleida-Alguaire International Airport and in Tartu, Estonia, with the support of EAVA (Estonian Aviation Academy), in close collaboration with stakeholders and urban emergency response service providers. Throughout the project, EHang’s EH216-S pilotless eVTOL aircraft system was seamlessly integrated with ANRA’s U-Space certified airspace management platform, delivering a fully turnkey UAM solution and enabling the deployment of UAM emergency response services within a unified digital ecosystem.”
“This demonstration marks the culmination of the U-SAVE project, following a year of close collaboration among highly esteemed partners and stakeholders from the industry, including the Aragonese Aerospace Cluster (AERA), the Aragonese Innovative Logistics Association (ALIA), ANRA Technologies and the Estonian Aviation Academy “EAVA). U-SAVE has also garnered support from public institutions like Zaragoza City Council, the Aragonese Institute of Health Sciences, Hernán Cortés Hospital Group, the Aragón Health Cluster, and the city of Tartu in Estonia, as well as endorsement from health and logistic private companies like Novaltia and Prolog.
These flights form part of the strategic collaboration between EHang and the Zaragoza City Council, formalized in 2021 to jointly promote the implementation of AAV demonstration projects in emergency response, passenger transportation, aerial tourism, aerial logistics and other application scenarios under the framework of UAM strategic partnership.
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