India: ePlane eVTOL Company First to Gain DOA Approval

Indi­an-based, ePlane, announced this week it has received the Design Organ­i­sa­tion Approval (DOA) from the Direc­torate Gen­er­al of Civ­il Avi­a­tion (DGCA), the first eVTOL to achieve this in India, reports timesofindia.com. The DOA is the first step in the cer­ti­fi­ca­tion process, paving the way for the e200 to gain com­mer­cial pro­duc­tion.

The e200 is a pilot­ed two-seater eVTOL vehi­cle designed to fly over urban areas with a trav­el range of 200 kms, mak­ing mul­ti­ple stops on a sin­gle charge.

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Satya­narayanan Chakravarthy, Founder and CEO of ePlane com­ment­ed, “Next comes Type Cer­ti­fi­ca­tion, and then we will go through var­i­ous lev­els of design reviews, pro­to­typ­ing and flight tests before the pro­duc­tion approvals stage.” Adding, “Opti­misti­cal­ly speak­ing, all this can hap­pen by the end of the year.”

The DOA for e200 sig­ni­fies ePlane’s abil­i­ty to meet strin­gent stan­dards set by the Min­istry of Civ­il Avi­a­tion.

For more infor­ma­tion

https://www.eplane.ai

(News Source: www.timesofindia.com)

(Top image: ePlane)