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Archer Picks Mecaer To Supply Landing Gear for Midnight eVTOL Air Taxi
Mecaer Aviation Group, an Italian aerospace company, will design and provide the gear.
A rendered silhouette of Archer Aviation's Midnight eVTOL
Archer Aviation has picked Mecaer Aviation Group to supply the landing gear for its Midnight eVTOL air taxi, which the company plans to reveal later this month. (Image: Archer Aviation)

Archer Aviation has selected Italian aerospace company Mecaer Aviation Group to design and supply the landing gear for Archer’s Midnight eVTOL air taxi, the company announced on Monday. 

The fully electric Midnight is a piloted eVTOL air taxi designed to carry four passengers plus one pilot on short trips of around 20 miles (30 kilometers), although the aircraft will have a range of up to 100 miles (160 km), Archer officials have said. The company plans to reveal the first Midnight later this month during an event at its headquarters in San Jose, California.