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First Human-Sized Multi-Rotor Prototype Unveiled At CES

Autonomous Aerial Vehicle 'EHang 184' 'Marks a New Chapter in Transportation' Company Says

An aircraft billed as the "the world's first electric, personal Autonomous Aerial Vehicle (AAV)" was unveiled by Chinese UAV company EHang at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Wednesday. The company says the aircraft "will achieve humanity's long-standing dream of easy, everyday flight for short-to-medium distances."

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A private individual has filed a lawsuit against the FAA in the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia claiming that the FAA's new UAV registrations rules contradict Section 336 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012. The suit was filed by John A. Taylor, an insurance attorney who builds and flies multi-rotor aircraft as a hobby. Contributor John Goglia writes in Forbes that Taylor expected some hobby groups or UAV manufacturers to file suit against t