Aircraft
Archer Plans Hybrid VTOL Aircraft for Military Use
The eVTOL manufacturer teamed with Anduril and raised $430 million for the program
A member of the USAF views Midnight during a test flight
A member of the U.S. Air Force observes Archer's Midnight eVTOL aircraft during a test flight at the company's facilities in Salinas, California. © Archer Aviation

Archer Aviation is teaming up with defense tech company Anduril Industries to develop a hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft that the two California-based partners intend to pitch to the U.S. Department of Defense.

To support that endeavor, Archer launched a new business unit called Archer Defense that will be led by Joseph Pantalone, who joined Archer last month as head of advanced projects. Pantalone has nearly 30 years of prior experience at Lockheed Martin and Sikorsky.

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