Archer’s Midnight Aircraft Successfully Completes Phase 1 of Flight Test Program as Company Continues to Advance Towards FAA Certification
31 1월 2024 - 11:00PM
Business Wire
- Archer's Midnight aircraft successfully advances through Phase
1 of its flight test program in only 3 months
- Midnight’s battery system was recently upgraded to include some
of the first high voltage battery packs off of Archer’s
manufacturing line at its San Jose, California facilities
- The program continues to make rapid progress as it advances
toward the planned full wing-borne transition flight in Phase
2
- Archer’s Midnight certification program remains on track to
begin piloted "for credit" testing with the FAA later this
year
Archer Aviation Inc. (NYSE: ACHR), a leader in electric
vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, announced today that
the company’s Midnight aircraft has hit another key milestone with
completion of Phase 1 of its flight test program. Utilizing
learnings from the previous four years of flight testing, Archer’s
Midnight aircraft finished the flight test phase in approximately
three months, which is significantly faster than Archer’s
full-scale prototype aircraft - Maker. Additionally, Midnight’s
battery system has recently been upgraded to include some of the
first high voltage battery packs off of Archer’s manufacturing line
at its San Jose, California facilities, a significant step as the
company pushes towards being production-ready. With these
advancements, Midnight remains firmly on track to complete its
first full wing-borne transition flight and begin piloted “for
credit” testing with the FAA later this year.
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Archer's Midnight aircraft successfully
advances through Phase 1 of its flight test program in only 3
months. (Photo: Business Wire)
“Midnight is progressing efficiently through our flight test
program,” said Archer’s founder and CEO Adam Goldstein. “Over the
last four years of flight testing, our team has been able to gather
a tremendous amount of data and learnings that enable us to advance
Midnight rapidly towards certification. Our team’s focus on safety
and relentless execution has gotten us to where we are today and
what will allow us to achieve what no other company in the world
has done to date--bring electric air taxis to cities across the
U.S. and the globe.”
Phase 1 of Midnight’s flight test program covered an array of
progressively more complex flight maneuvers and data gathering
missions. Midnight’s flight envelope will now expand further as it
moves into Phase 2, which involves an incremental approach to speed
testing. This means that the aircraft will continue to fly at
greater and greater speeds until it achieves full wing-borne
transition. Transition is an important milestone for any vertical
takeoff and landing aircraft, as it demonstrates in a single flight
the capability to both takeoff and land vertically and cruise
efficiently in wingborne flight. Once that’s completed, the
aircraft will move to Phase 3, which entails flying simulated
commercial routes to demonstrate the aircraft’s operational
readiness.
Archer’s goal is to transform urban travel, replacing
60–90-minute commutes by car with estimated 10-20 minute electric
air taxi flights that are safe, sustainable, low noise, and
cost-competitive with ground transportation. Archer’s Midnight is a
piloted, four-passenger aircraft designed to perform rapid
back-to-back flights with minimal charge time between flights.
About Archer
Archer is designing and developing electric vertical takeoff and
landing aircraft for use in urban air mobility networks. Archer’s
mission is to unlock the skies, freeing everyone to reimagine how
they move and spend time. Archer's team is based in Santa Clara,
CA.
To learn more, visit www.archer.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward looking statements regarding
Archer’s business plans and expectations, including statements
regarding its aircraft performance and the timing of Archer’s
development, commercialization, and certification of its eVTOL
aircraft. These forward-looking statements are only predictions and
may differ materially from actual results due to a variety of
factors. The risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ from the results predicted are more fully
detailed in Archer’s filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K
and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, available at www.sec.gov. In
addition, please note that any forward-looking statements contained
herein are based on assumptions that Archer believes to be
reasonable as of the date of this press release. Archer undertakes
no obligation to update these statements as a result of new
information or future events.
Source: Archer
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