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Archer Aviation · #2 most active of 19 in Drones & Air Mobility

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Twelve-propeller electric vertical takeoff aircraft targeting 20-50 mile urban routes, in FAA type certification with UAE and US launch markets.

Current version

Midnight

Entry cost

Not commercially sold; per-seat air taxi fares planned

Changes / 30d

1

Capabilities

  • 12 rotors, 6 booms
  • 4 passengers + pilot
  • 20-50 mile urban hops
  • UAE + US launch

Pricing

Not commercially sold; per-seat air taxi fares planned

Entry price over time

Not enough pricing history yet — we start charting from the second observation.

Geek mode

Models under the hood

  • In-house flight autonomy

    Archer

    inferred

Context window

—

Public API

no

Multi-model routing

no

Stack signals

  • eVTOL
  • Li-ion packs
  • FAA Part 23 cert path
  • Anduril defense partnership

Shared model stack

Other tracked products running on the same foundation models — a quick read on how much of the catalog moves when one of these models changes.

green disclosed · amber inferred · grey unknown

Reported scale

Reference data. Each figure is whatever the source actually said — weekly users, downloads, revenue run-rate — with its own definition and date. These are not comparable between tools and are never used to rank anything.

No public usage figure on record for this product.

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Change history

  • capability

    Piloted transition flights completed as FAA type certification testing advances

    —Full wing-borne transition