“Archer Begins Trial Flights in Abu Dhabi”

Archer Avi­a­tion announced this week the suc­cess­ful com­ple­tion of an ini­tial flight of its Mid­night air­craft at Al Bateen Exec­u­tive Air­port in Abu Dhabi, reports a press release.  This marks an impor­tant step for­ward for its planned com­mer­cial deploy­ment in the Unit­ed Arab Emi­rates (UAE) and the expan­sion of oper­a­tions in the Mid­dle East region.

The release explains, “With the sup­port of the Smart and Autonomous Sys­tems Coun­cil (SASC), the flight was wit­nessed by senior lead­er­ship from the UAE Gen­er­al Civ­il Avi­a­tion Author­i­ty (GCAA), the Abu Dhabi Invest­ment Office (ADIO), the Inte­grat­ed Trans­port Cen­tre, Abu Dhabi Avi­a­tion and Abu Dhabi Air­ports, along with rep­re­sen­ta­tives from Archer’s region­al part­ners.”

It con­tin­ues, “Focused on eval­u­at­ing the air­craft’s VTOL per­for­mance in UAE-spe­cif­ic con­di­tions includ­ing tem­per­a­ture, humid­i­ty and dust expo­sure, the test flight allows Archer to val­i­date readi­ness for com­mer­cial deploy­ment.”

Fol­low­ing this tri­al, Archer aims to expand its flight-test­ing pro­gram in the region, gath­er­ing addi­tion­al data to sup­port its cer­ti­fi­ca­tion and com­mer­cial­i­sa­tion.

Adam Gold­stein, CEO and Founder of Archer Avi­a­tion, com­ment­ed, “Test­ing our air­craft in actu­al oper­at­ing con­di­tions in the mid­dle of sum­mer pro­vides us with the data we need to progress our com­mer­cial and cer­ti­fi­ca­tion efforts both in the UAE and in the U.S.”

These tri­als sup­port the company’s ‘Launch Edi­tion Com­mer­cial­i­sa­tion Pro­gram’ with Abu Dhabi Avi­a­tion, which aims to estab­lish air taxi ser­vices in the cap­i­tal city.

Archer’s Mid­night air­craft fly­ing at Al Bateen Exec­u­tive Air­port in Abu Dhabi

The release adds, “The announce­ment comes as Archer con­tin­ues to advance its cer­ti­fi­ca­tion and com­mer­cial­i­sa­tion efforts in the UAE and beyond, build­ing on recent achieve­ments includ­ing reg­u­la­to­ry design approval for the UAE’s first hybrid heli­port at Abu Dhabi Cruise Ter­mi­nal and ongo­ing part­ner­ships with lead­ing region­al oper­a­tors.

H.E. Badr Al-Ola­ma, Direc­tor Gen­er­al of the Abu Dhabi Invest­ment Office, remarked, “Through the Smart and Autonomous Vehi­cles Indus­try (SAVI) Clus­ter, we are enabling com­pa­nies like Archer to test, cer­ti­fy and scale next-gen­er­a­tion air mobil­i­ty solu­tions, rein­forc­ing our posi­tion as a glob­al launch­pad for inno­va­tion and a hub for trans­for­ma­tive tech­nolo­gies.”

Abu Dhabi’s role as Archer’s first ‘Launch Edi­tion’ mar­ket, posi­tions the UAE as a glob­al leader in urban air mobil­i­ty deploy­ment, demon­strat­ing the city’s com­mit­ment to inno­v­a­tive trans­port and sus­tain­able mobil­i­ty solu­tions.

For more infor­ma­tion

www.archer.com

(Top image: Archer’s Mid­night air­craft fly­ing at Al Bateen Exec­u­tive Air­port in Abu Dhabi)

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