The United Arab Emirates’ General Civil Aviation Authority and Archer Aviation have agreed to move approval for the Midnight eVTOL to a restricted type certificate program.

GKN Aerospace and Anduril have teamed up to work together on autonomous collaborative platforms (ACP) for use by the UK military.

Joby has sued its main competitor Archer over alleged theft of trade secrets and intellectual property by a former employee.

Followers of the emerging eVTOL industry often speak of the “Big Three” Western startups: Archer, Beta Technologies and Joby. But should there be a “Big Four”?

Archer announced a pact to acquire Hawthorne Airport in Central Los Angeles, expected to form the operations hub of its planned air taxi network in the city.

Air taxi developer Archer Aviation announced it has won a competitive bid process to acquire the patents of insolvent electric aircraft manufacturer Lilium.

Archer says it has three Midnight eVTOL air taxis in final assembly at its plant in San Jose, California, with three more on the way.

Archer has announced a pair of strategic acquisitions that it says will accelerate efforts to field a hybrid VTOL aircraft for the U.S. military.

A U.S. court on July 21 denied a motion to dismiss a stockholder suit challenging Archer’s $1.7 billion 2021 merger with Atlas Crest Investments.