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The half-scale demonstrator has logged more than 500 tests and over 18 hours of flight time, validating propulsion, battery and control systems.
Archer reports that it is on track to deliver the Midnight aircraft to the U.S. Air Force later this year or early next year. Archer believes this would make Midnight the first ever eVTOL aircraft delivered to a customer.
The announcement of a new Wisk hub follows its recent expansion into Australia. It has headquarters and facilities around the San Francisco Bay Area, in Atlanta (Georgia), New Zealand and Australia.
New investment will further advance the development of Wisk's sixth generation eVTOL aircraft, a first-ever candidate for certification of an autonomous, all-electric, passenger-carrying aircraft in the U.S.
The New Zealand government and Wisk have been undertaking detailed planning of a highly structured and integrated program, with implementation of the trial expected to start in the second half of 2021.
Wisk Aero and Alaka'i Technologies will join others to prepare for NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National Campaign NC-1 beginning in 2022, where NASA will begin to assess vehicle readiness.