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Archer completes the second of three key flight test phases, demonstrating takeoff and landing robustness of its Maker aircraft. The company now moves on to the third phase toward full transition.

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

Phase I construction of the 350,000-square-foot facility in Covington, Georgia, to produce 650 aircraft/year begins soon after closing the project’s local incentive transaction.

Archer is conducting multiple tests weekly as it progresses through the composite-intensive Maker’s flight test campaign.

This month’s roundup includes new personnel announcements made by Archer Aviation, ORNL and Bye Aerospace.

The committee will advise on the development of systems and features intended to improve operations and other ideas to support Archer’s future airline operations and further the widespread adoption of UAM.

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.

Full transition to full wing-borne flight takes place less than a year after the eVTOL’s first hover flight, the culmination of several months of intensive design, simulation and wind tunnel testing.

Archer to provide data from upcoming flight tests to further the USAF’s understanding of its eVTOL capabilities, systems and development progression.

The FAA’s approval enables Archer to move toward its goal of obtaining an FAA Type Certification for its composite all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.