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Archer Ramps Up Midnight eVTOL Aircraft Production
Six Midnight eVTOL aircraft are on the company's assembly line
Archer employees work on a Midnight eVTOL aircraft
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As Archer Aviation presses ahead with plans to launch electric air taxi services in the UAE this year, the U.S. manufacturer is slowly ramping up production of its four-passenger Midnight eVTOL aircraft. In its second-quarter earnings report, the company announced that three Midnight aircraft are in the final stages of assembly, with three more on the way. 

Some of these new aircraft will support early operations abroad under Archer’s “Launch Edition” program, and the company plans to use some for FAA type inspection authorization (TIA) flight testing, which it said could begin later this year. Meanwhile, competing eVTOL developer Joby Aviation also recently announced that it has begun assembling conforming aircraft for TIA testing slated to begin in early 2026. 

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