Matternet M2无人机被授予美联航局生产证书

近日,无人机配送系统开发商领导者Matternet宣布美国联邦航空管理局（FAA）授予Matternet M2无人机生产证书。

Recently, leading drone delivery system developer Matternet announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted it a Production Certificate for its Matternet M2 drone.

今年年初，M2飞行器获得了FAA标准型号证书，这是无人飞行器中首个获得该类证书的产品。

This comes after the news of theM2 aircraft’s achievement of FAA standard Type Certification earlier this year, the first of its kind for an unmanned aircraft. 

生产证书认可了Matternet具有质量管理和制造能力，可以生产制造出符合批准的型号设计的飞行器。该证书批准M2无人机进行生产、测试和适航证签发。第一批Matternet M2无人机于公司位于加利福尼亚州的工厂Mountain View进行生产制造，这一批根据生产证书制造的M2无人机计划在2022年12月份投入服务。

The Production Certificate recognizes Matternet as possessing a quality management and manufacturing capability to create aircraft meeting the approved Type Design. The Certificate will allow for the manufacturing, testing and issuing of airworthiness certificates for M2 drones. Manufactured at the company’s Mountain View, California facility, the first Matternet M2 drones produced under the Certificate are expected to enter service starting December 2022.

Matternet创始人兼执行董事Andreas Raptopoulos表示，“获取FAA生产证书是Matternet建立的另一里程碑，作为首个且唯一一个能够在美国生产认证型配送无人机系统的公司。依据该证书生产的飞行器将引领我们转变如何配送时间敏感性资料的方法，尤其是在诸如医疗保健等关键行业。”

“Receiving an FAA Production Certificate is yet another milestone establishing Matternet as the first – and currently only – company able to produce certified delivery drone systems in the United States,” said Matternet founder and CEO Andreas Raptopoulos. “The aircraft produced under this Certificate will be the very ones that lead a transformation of how we deliver time-sensitive materials, especially in critical industries like health care.”

Matternet现在计划优先扩大美国的市场规模，集中在医疗保健领域。其无人机送货系统能够进行生物实验室样本的快速、按需、常规配送至线下测试设施，为医疗保健专家和患者提供更快获取结果的途径，同时创造更加高效地进行实验室测试。

Matternet is currently prioritizing the expansion of its operation in the U.S., with a focus on the health sector. The Matternet drone delivery system allows for the rapid, on-demand and routine delivery of biological lab samples to offsite testing facilities, providing health care professionals and patients with faster access to results while also creating more efficient processing of laboratory tests.

Matternet作为精选公司集团的一部分，在过去的四年里，一直致力于为按需航空承运人运营提供飞行器和支持技术，根据FAA第135 部分框架授予的按需航空公司运营收入豁免。经过4年的努力，让承运人在这些系统的评估期间运行无人机网。Matternet现在已同时持有型号证书和生产证书，成为了美国首家拥有经批准并进行量产的飞行器，适航且有资格进行商用配送业务的公司。

As part of a select group of companies, Matternet has worked over the course of the last four years to offer aircraft and support technology for on-demand air carrier operations under an exemption granted under the FAA’s Part 135 framework for revenue on-demand air carrier operations. These efforts have enabled carriers to operate drone networks during the evaluation of these systems. Currently in possession of both a Type Certification and Production Certificate, Matternet is the first U.S. company with an approved and in-production aircraft to be acknowledged as airworthy and eligible for commercial delivery operations.