EHang's EH216 Aircraft Tests Europe's EGNOS Satnav Deployment for eVTOL Flights

The Chinese company is deploying its autonomous two-seat aircraft at Lleida-Alguaire Airport in Spain as part of Europe's Satellite Based Augmentation System Adoption in Multicopter VTOL Aircraft (SAMVA) program.

EHang's EH216 eVTOL aircraft has been involved in multiple flight trials in Spain. — EHang has deployed its EH216 eVTOL for flight trials in Europe including the recent Air Mobility Urban-Large Experimental Demonstration, with a series of flight tests in Spain. Now the Chinese company will be involved in EGNOS satellite navigation work at an airport in the country's Catalonia region. (Image: EHang)

By Charles Alcock • Managing Editor

November 21, 2022

EHang is to deploy its EH216 Autonomous Aerial Vehicle in a European Union-funded project that is assessing how the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) could be used for eVTOL aircraft operations. The fully autonomous, all-electric vehicle will be used for flight trials at Lleida-Alguaire Airport in Spain as part of the Satellite Based Augmentation System Adoption in Multicopter VTOL Aircraft (SAMVA) program.

EGNOS is intended to improve the performance of global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) like GPS and Galileo in Europe. The system has been jointly developed by the air traffic management agency Eurocontrol and the European Space Agency to supplement GPS service by reporting on the reliability and accuracy of positioning data and providing corrections as necessary. At a later stage, it will perform the same function with Galileo, which is the European GNSS equivalent to GPS.

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