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Six months after unveiling its composites-intensive Maker eVTOL aircraft, Archer has achieved both FAA airworthiness certification and its first successful hover flight, with a broadening flight testing campaign coming soon.

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.

Certification clears Archer to begin hover flight testing of its Maker aircraft, serving as a key enabler for the company’s mission to launch its first commercial eVTOL flights in 2024.

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.

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

Under the proposed relationship, Hexcel will supply its high-performance carbon fiber prepreg material for the production aircraft.

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.

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.

The Paris Air Show, one of the largest aerospace trade shows in the world, returned for the first time since 2019 and proved that the global aviation industry industry is very much alive and kicking.

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.