Archer surpasses 400 test flights this year, reaching company milestone four months ahead of schedule

Archer Aviation announced today that the company has completed 402 test flights so far this year, exceeding its 2024 goal of 400 test flights approximately four months ahead of schedule. (Photo: Business Wire)

The more than 400 flights have been conducted over the past eight months as the company ramps up its test flight operations in advance of creditable flight tests with the FAA.

Adam Goldstein, CEO and founder of Archer, said: “When we first set the goal of 400 flights this year, it was considered ambitious, but now, in August, we have already achieved it. I am proud of the Archer flight test team and the supporting groups that made this possible.”

Each flight provides important data that Archer’s teams use to evaluate and improve the aircraft’s stresses, vibrations, performance and flight characteristics.

Most recently, the Archer flight test team focused on five key test areas:

• Transition flights: We continue to conduct transition flights over longer distances and at higher speeds to collect data, extend endurance and ensure maximum safety.
• High-speed operations: Increasing the number of flights per day to simulate the high cadence of expected commercial operations of Archer and to test the durability of Midnight.
• Improve landing profiles: Perform a series of hover landings in different wind conditions with different descent rates and intercept heights to extend Midnight’s wind range and further optimize its landing profile.
• Improving acoustic measurement: Conduct a series of hover operations with various microphone arrays to collect additional data for the FAA and to further evaluate and optimize Midnight’s noise signature.
• Optimization of control laws: Regression through the envelope with a series of optimizations to the control laws that extend Midnight’s endurance.

This announcement follows Archer’s planned network in Los Angeles and its recently announced developments with Southwest Airlines and United Airlines. It also follows key milestones such as certification as a commercial airline and the recent delivery of Archer’s first aircraft to the United States Air Force.

About Archer

Archer is a leader in the electrification of aviation. We design and develop the key technologies and aircraft required for the next great transportation revolution. Our goal is to use our proprietary technology to bring unprecedented connectivity to the people and places in the world’s busiest cities. For more information, visit www.archer.com.

Forward-looking statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding Archer’s future business plans and objectives. These forward-looking statements are only predictions and could differ materially from actual results as a result of a variety of factors. The risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those predicted are more fully set forth 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, which are available at www.sec.gov. Please also note that all forward-looking statements contained herein are based on assumptions that Archer believes are 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.

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