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Archer Aviation's eVTOL Midnight aircraft © Archer

Archer and ITA Airways plan Italian air taxi network

Archer Aviation and ITA Airways have signed an agreement to develop an all-electric air taxi network in Italy, targeting major cities across the country. The partnership will use Archer’s Midnight electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. ITA Airways, Italy’s flag carrier and a member of the Lufthansa Group, serves more than 70 destinations worldwide […]

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Wisk

Wisk begins construction of eVTOL vertiport at Hollister Airport

Wisk Aero, the autonomous aviation company that is currently being acquired by Archer Aviation from Boeing, has broken ground on a new state-of-the-art vertiport at Hollister Municipal Airport in California. The facility will be one of the first vertiports at a US public airport designed to support both piloted and autonomous operations. Located next to

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Final curtain for air taxi start-up Lilium; the insolvency administrator has sold the patents to Archer Aviation

Archer Aviation secures Lilium’s eVTOL patents for €18 million

Archer Aviation a pioneer in eVTOL aircraft, has won the bid to acquire Lilium GmbH’s advanced air mobility patent portfolio. The €18 million (US$20.7 million) agreement covers around 300 patents, including innovations in high-voltage systems, battery management, aircraft design, flight control, electric propulsion, and ducted fan technology. This move cements Archer’s leadership in next-generation electric

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Archer secures US$850 million boost to accelerate eVTOL rollout

Archer Aviation (Archer) has successfully raised an additional US$850 million through a direct share offering, following the announcement of a new Executive Order by President Trump. The order sets in motion an eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) Integration Pilot program aimed at fast-tracking the deployment of advanced air mobility solutions across the United States.

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