ACHR
The Dawn of a New Era

Introducing Midnight – Electric Vertical
Takeoff & Landing Aircraft

Watch Unveil
Battery & Engine Innovation

Purpose Built,
Proprietary Technology
By Our World-Class
Engineering Team

We’re innovating in key areas of the technologies that enable the commercialization of eVTOL aircraft, such as the powertrain.

We’re building a proprietary electric powertrain system that is significantly more power dense and higher efficiency than what is in the market today while maintaining a long service life. The powertrain system will be powered by existing mass production cells that are designed with the highest safety standards in mind at both the cell and pack level.

A Diversified Commercialization Strategy

Our goal is to deploy
6000 aircraft by 2030

1. ARCHER DIRECT SALES

First Customer, United Airlines, Purchases 100 eVTOL Aircraft

Our planned OEM line of business. We expect this will provide meaningful cash flows to help finance build out of our UAM network. The early go to market strategy is to launch “trunk” routes from airport to city center with partners like United as there is known demand and strong willingness.

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2. URBAN AIR MOBILITY

Electric Aerial Ridesharing
with Archer Air

Our planned aerial ride sharing line of business. This initial phase is expected to rely on existing and retrofitted infrastructure. As demand scales, we expect to collaborate with aligned development partners to build high throughput take off and landing infrastructure.

Archer Timeline

2018–2025

Development
& Certification

  • Continue to build best in class organization
  • Work to ensure Midnight is optimized for business case
  • Goal of FAA Type Certification for Midnight in late 2024
2025–2028

Early
Operations

  • Build out UAM “trunk” & “branch” operations
  • Focus on retrofitting heliports & regional airports
  • Work to scale up manufacturing to ~2,000 aircraft/year
2028+

Mass Market/ Early Autonomous

  • Achieve high volume manufacturing targets
  • High rate of flight operations and introduce autonomy
  • Continue powertrain systems & acoustics innovation
Certification Timeline
2021
  • Certification Basis
  • Conceptual Design Review
2022
  • Means of Compliance
  • Preliminary Design Review
2023
  • Methods of Compliance
  • Critical Design Review
  • Ground Testing
  • Analysis
2024
  • Compliance Findings
  • Flight Testing

Latest News

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Press Release

Archer Unveils Its Production Aircraft, Midnight

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Press Release

Archer and United Airlines Announce First Commercial Electric Air Taxi Route in the US: Downtown Manhattan to Newark Liberty International Airport

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Press Release

Archer Announces Third Quarter 2022 Results

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