Archer To Utilize Military-Grade Rotor Technology from Karem Aircraft On Its Next-Generation Dual-Use VTOL Aircraft

Archer Avi­a­tion has announced an exclu­sive col­lab­o­ra­tion with Karem Air­craft, giv­ing Archer access to key advanced mil­i­tary-grade rotor and tiltro­tor tech­nolo­gies for its next-gen­er­a­tion autonomous, hybrid-propul­sion VTOL air­craft.

The col­lab­o­ra­tion marks a sig­nif­i­cant addi­tion to Archer’s strat­e­gy as the com­pa­ny accel­er­ates devel­op­ment of its dual-use ver­ti­cal lift plat­form, designed to upgrade cer­tain lega­cy sys­tems still in ser­vice across the U.S. and allied mil­i­taries.

Archer’s objec­tive is to deliv­er a mul­ti-mis­sion air­craft that com­bines mod­ern auton­o­my, long-range hybrid-elec­tric propul­sion, and advanced aero­me­chan­ics capa­ble of address­ing the demands of both com­mer­cial and mil­i­tary oper­a­tions.

With exclu­sive access to Karem’s val­i­dat­ed tiltro­tor tech­nol­o­gy, plus the intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty port­fo­lios recent­ly acquired from Overair and Lil­i­um, Archer says it is bring­ing togeth­er what it believes to be one of the most advanced tech­nol­o­gy stacks in next-gen­er­a­tion VTOL avi­a­tion.

These com­bined assets are expect­ed to enable an air­craft with the speed, range, pay­load, and  low ther­mal and acoustic sig­na­tures nec­es­sary for mis­sions across con­test­ed air­space.

Adam Gold­stein, Archer Founder and CEO, said: “As we build the next gen­er­a­tion of dual-use ver­ti­cal lift air­craft, part­ner­ing with the pio­neers who have shaped mod­ern rotor­craft is essen­tial. Karem’s mil­i­tary-grade rotor sys­tems are among the most advanced Army-val­i­dat­ed tech­nolo­gies in the world.

“Inte­grat­ing them into our next-gen hybrid VTOL plat­form posi­tions Archer to move faster and deliv­er capa­bil­i­ties that lega­cy sys­tems sim­ply can’t match. This col­lab­o­ra­tion strength­ens our dual-use strat­e­gy and accel­er­ates our path toward field­ing an air­craft built for the con­test­ed envi­ron­ments of tomor­row.”

This col­lab­o­ra­tion with Karem fol­lows Archer’s recent­ly announced agree­ment to sup­ply its pro­pri­etary elec­tric pow­er­train to Anduril and EDGE Group for their new Omen Autonomous Air Vehi­cle, a mile­stone that marked the first time Archer has made its ver­ti­cal­ly inte­grat­ed, avi­a­tion grade pow­er­train avail­able to a third par­ty.

That announce­ment, com­bined with this lat­est news from the com­pa­ny, has accel­er­at­ed Archer’s expan­sion into the dual-use and hybrid VTOL space, lever­ag­ing its core tech­nolo­gies across both com­mer­cial and defense pro­grams to help dri­ve the next gen­er­a­tion of ver­ti­cal lift capa­bil­i­ties.

Abe Karem, founder of Karem Air­craft, added: “Karem Air­craft has always focused on deliv­er­ing trans­for­ma­tion­al rotor and VTOL tech­nolo­gies to serve the most demand­ing mil­i­tary and com­mer­cial mis­sions.

“Archer’s vision for a dual-use, hybrid VTOL plat­form aligns per­fect­ly with our belief that the next leap in ver­ti­cal lift requires both advanced aero­me­chan­ics and mod­ern auton­o­my. We’re excit­ed to col­lab­o­rate with Archer as they look to bring to mar­ket the next gen­er­a­tion of tiltro­tor capa­bil­i­ty.”