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In tandem with Q2 2023 financial and operation results, Archer secures a $215 million investment, Midnight receives special airworthiness certification and an agreement is reached with Boeing and Wisk for autonomous flight collaboration.

Advancing through a third of the program in just three months, Archer continues to make rapid progress toward planned full wing-borne transition flight in Phase 2.

Midnight will enable perform critical “company testing” to accelerate and reduce risk on Archer’s certification program, following a successful two-year flight test campaign with Maker.

Midnight is the evolution of Archer’s demonstrator eVTOL aircraft, Maker, which has validated its proprietary 12-tilt-six configuration and key enabling technologies.

The milestone builds on 4 years of flight testing, including 2 years of full-scale flight testing of Archer’s Maker aircraft.

Archer Aviation’s intentional strategies have yielded a simpler and more focused scope of certification work, paving the way for the start of its first “for credit” testing by early 2024.

Midnight aircraft will provide an opportunity to streamline everyday urban congestion challenges, in addition to other use cases.

All major aerostructures and systems have been built and installed to begin pilot flight test operations with the conforming composite aircraft in early 2024.

Stellantis is to contribute advanced manufacturing technology and expertise, experienced personnel and capital, in addition to help stand up Archer’s new composites manufacturing facility, with the ultimate goal of becoming Archer’s exclusive contract manufacturer.

An agreement with the Abu Dhabi Investment Office will see Archer’s Midnight eVTOL aircraft service operating in the UAE by 2026, as well as establishment of an international facility and headquarters.