Published: 3:45pm, 25 Aug, 2015 Updated: 5:20pm, 25 Aug, 2015
Ehang has announced that it has raised $ 42 m in a $ B round of funding , which will help expand its research and development of commercial drones to include search - and - rescue missions , mapping and agriculture . This puts Ehang in direct competition with DJI , China 's largest civilian drone manufacturer , which controls 80 % of the global market . it is most famous for its Ghost Drone , a quadcopter that can attach a GoPro for aerial photography and be controlled with a smartphone .