Archer Aviation has nearly completed the assembly of its first Midnight eVTOL air taxi and plans to fly it for the first time this summer, the company announced Thursday. After revealing a non-flying mockup of Midnight in November, the company now has now built its first fully functional Midnight aircraft and shipped it to a flight testing facility where it will undergo a series of ground tests before its inaugural flight.
“All major aerostructures—that, is the wing, tail, fuselage, etc.—have been built and mated together,” Archer founder and CEO Adam Goldstein told investors during a quarterly earnings call on Thursday. “Our team has installed a significant portion of the wiring, electronics, actuators, and other systems, and we are currently targeting to begin our flight test campaign with this aircraft in mid-2023.”
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