Archer Aviation News
Latest Archer Aviation news, funding rounds and robotics & AI coverage. 8 articles tracked by The Robotics Media.
About Archer Aviation
Archer Aviation is an American publicly traded urban air mobility company developing the Midnight, a four-passenger eVTOL aircraft designed for short, back-to-back trips of around 20-50 miles. Backed by United Airlines, Stellantis and others, Archer is pursuing FAA Type Certification, building a manufacturing facility in Covington, Georgia with Stellantis, and lining up early networks in the United States and United Arab Emirates.
Key facts
Products by Archer Aviation
- Midnight — Piloted four-passenger, low-noise electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft designed for urban air mobility.
- Thunder — Group 5 hybrid-electric autonomous tiltrotor attack aircraft jointly developed with Anduril Industries, unveiled at Farnborough 2026 as a dual-use VTOL platform...
Latest Archer Aviation news
- Joby Launches First eIPP Flights In Texas With Fort Worth To DFW Hop — Joby Aviation has begun the FAA's eVTOL Integration Pilot Program in Texas, flying its all-electric air taxi from Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airp...
- Archer Aviation Launches 'No Roads' Flight Tour Ahead Of LA28 And White House Pilot — Archer Aviation kicked off its multi-state 'No Roads' Midnight flight tour on September 3, starting in Northern California ahead of the White House's...
- Korean Air Partners With Archer Aviation On Militarized Midnight eVTOL For South Korea — Korean Air has struck a partnership with Archer Aviation to adapt the Midnight eVTOL for the South Korean military, with the flag carrier handling air...
- Archer Buys Boeing's Wisk, SkyGrid And Insitu For A 20% Equity Stake — Boeing sells Wisk Aero, SkyGrid and Insitu to Archer Aviation for a ~20% pre-close equity stake, consolidating the eVTOL sector.
- Archer, BETA And Macquarie Launch ACES To Build 250 eVTOL Charging Sites By 2030 — Archer Aviation, BETA Technologies and Macquarie Capital have formed ACES, America's Consortium for Electric Skyways, to build interoperable CCS charg...
- Anduril, Archer Aviation Unveil Thunder Autonomous Attack Tiltrotor At Farnborough — Anduril and Archer Aviation debuted Thunder, a hybrid-electric Group 5 tilt-rotor built to fly alongside U.S. Army Apache and Cheyenne II attack helic...
- Federal Judge Dismisses Archer Fraud Counterclaim Against Joby In eVTOL Court Fight — A U.S. federal judge tossed Archer Aviation's fraud counterclaims accusing Joby of hiding China ties, while also dismissing some of Joby's trade-secre...
- Joby and Archer Trade Lawsuits as U.S. eVTOL Race Turns Litigious — Joby Aviation has sued Archer Aviation over alleged corporate espionage and Archer has hit back with counter-claims and a separate patent suit against...