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EHang Holdings Ltd. (Gaungzhou, China) announced on Jan. 21 its membership in the Air Mobility Urban - Large Experimental Demonstration(AMU-LED) project, said to be one of the largest European demonstrations of urban air mobility (UAM). Initiated by the European Union (EU), the consortium executing the AMU-LED project involves 17 prominent companies and institutions globally, including EHang and industry giants such as Airbus (Toulouse, France) and Boeing (Chicago, Ill., U.S.). For the duration of 2022, EHang will perform trial operations of the EH216, its flagship two-seat passenger-grade AAV, in Spain, the U.K. and the Netherlands.
More specifically, the AMU-LED is an EU H2020 project framed in the SESAR (Single European Sky ATM Research) Joint Undertaking, with the ultimate goal of showcasing one of the largest demonstrations of mobility services with air vehicles and the safe integration of different types of drone operations, otherwise known as U-space, in urban environments to realize increasingly sustainable, smart cities by 2022. Planned for two years with more than 100 flight hours, the AMU-LED will kick off in Jan. 2021 showcasing various use cases for passenger transport in air taxis, cargo transport, delivery of goods and medical equipment, inspection of infrastructures, police surveillance and emergency services support.