Excited to debut @WhisperAero! I've dedicated my career at @NASA and @Uber to enabling quiet electric propulsion at scale, and I'm grateful to build Whisper w/ @ian__villa & team of incredible investors inc @RobertDowneyJr, @shawnvc, @ramtinnaimi, @stevejang, @ngoel36, @wolfejosh

✈️🇺🇸 The @Boeing 707 evolved from the KC-135 military refueling aircraft that revolutionized jet engines and pressurized cabin technology. The @GulfstreamAero G-4’s military predecessor, the C-20, advanced reliability, safety, and performance for today’s business jets. In fact, nearly every major American aerospace company has partnered with the U.S. military, driving innovations that inevitably benefit consumers. We're proud to continue that legacy. We’ve delivered Midnight to the @usairforce under our @AFWERX contract. Partnering with the @DeptofDefense allows us to begin testing Midnight immediately, before our broader commercial launch. The learnings here will directly enhance the experience for electric air taxi passengers in cities around the world. news.archer.com/archer-deliv…

Until 1971, Los Angeles Airways would ferry passengers to and from LAX, Disneyland, and other destinations across LA’s 75 helipads. But the noise & cost of helicopters has prevented any new urban air taxi service from taking off in the last 50 years, despite numerous attempts (including my previous team at Uber). I’m pumped to announce that @flyarcher is changing that as we unveil our Archer LA Air Taxi Network ahead of the 2028 Olympic Games, the Super Bowl, and the FIFA World Cup! Our team, led by Bryan Bernhard and Miles Rogers (@TheJetGuy), has been working with the community to put a plan together for this network over the last year, so I'm excited to finally share more: 🏈 We’re working with the @RamsNFL for a planned exclusive Archer vertiport at @SoFiStadium 🎓 USC is collaborating with Archer to electrify its on-campus heliports for Midnight aircraft ✈️ Our new SoCal network is planned to fly our customers to destinations like Santa Monica & Van Nuys, and connect @united and @SouthwestAir passengers to & from LAX, Hollywood Burbank Airport, and John Wayne Airport Excited to launch air taxis in LA! forbes.com/sites/edgarsten/2…

In 1961, you could take a helicopter from the San Francisco Ferry Building across the Bay Area in under 10 minutes. SFO Airlines soon thereafter ceased operations, and Silicon Valley has been without any real urban air mobility for nearly 40 years. That’s about to change. Excited to announce that at @flyarcher we’ve partnered with @Kilroyrealty with the goal of developing the first San Francisco Bay Area eVTOL network, anchored by a critical Sea Portal hub in South San Francisco. Our Chief Infrastructure Officer, Bryan Bernhard, and our design team led by Julien Mountousse, have been leading this collaborative effort over the last year, so we’re excited to finally share more. Here are the key points: ✈️ Archer’s San Francisco Bay Area network is anticipated to provide unprecedented connectivity across the region, allowing people to replace 1-2 hour drives with flights that take ~10-20 minutes 📍 Archer and Kilroy have identified Kilroy’s Oyster Point South San Francisco development as a critical hub in Archer’s planned Bay Area network ♻️ Kilroy and Archer are studying the development of a proposed Sea Portal, which is intended to serve as a waterfront mobility hub for eVTOL aircraft and electric ferry operations using renewable energy news.archer.com/archer-san-f…

🇺🇸 America coming up next

Excited to share that @flyarcher can now operate an airline! Today we received our Part 135 Air Carrier & Operator Certificate from the @FAANews, allowing us to begin commercial operations. This is a huge step forward towards launching our air taxi service with airline partners like @united. Looking forward to air taxis becoming an everyday reality as we work together with our partners to deliver incredible travel experiences to passengers across the country! Learn more: news.archer.com/archer-recei…

It was a pleasure to host @InterGlobe_IGE Founder Rahul Bhatia and CEO Aditya Pande at @flyarcher HQ recently! Excited to collaborate with India's aviation leader on launching what could be the largest eVTOL market in the world.

It's impossible to invent the next generation of one of the world's safest modes of transportation at Archer without working closely with regulatory leaders, all over the globe. It was an honor last night to be hosted by His Excellency @SalehAlJasser, Minister of Transport for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Chairman of @ksagaca, at a private dinner in Riyadh. I discussed the framework for eVTOL certification & commercialization in the UAE with our partner His Excellency @Saif_Al_Suwaidi, the Director General of the UAE @gcaauae, as well as Brazil's Director of @oficial_Anac, Luiz Ricardo de Souza Nascimento, all of whom are playing pivotal roles in advancing this transformative technology across the Middle East, Brazil, and around the world.

Proud to announce we've signed an agreement with @etihad Aviation Training to be their first eVTOL partner in the region. Training a fleet of pilots to operate our aircraft is a critically important part of @flyarcher's efforts to establish a thriving urban air mobility network in Abu Dhabi and the UAE, and Etihad Aviation Training is the premier organization to partner with on this front. In celebration of this agreement, we held a signing ceremony at the @FAF_Saudi in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where we're showcasing our Midnight aircraft to key stakeholders in the region. Learn more about this exciting development here: archer.com/news/archer-aviat…

.@flyarcher's leadership in the UAE was on full display at the @DRIFTx_AD event in Abu Dhabi last week. We kicked off the week by announcing a several-hundred-million dollar framework agreement, the result of over a year working with @badralolama and the @InvestAbuDhabi, to accelerate our pathway to launching Midnight across the country as soon as 2025. We were proud to commemorate this moment by bringing Midnight back to the UAE and sharing it with His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, along with our partners, including His Excellency Mohammed Ali Al Shorafa from the UAE's @AbuDhabiDMT, Nayef Shahin & Jasem AlAwadhi from @InvestAbuDhabi, @RAMANDEEPOBERO4 from Falcon Aviation, Shilton Tony Irudayaraj & Dr. Samir Mohamed Yusuf from @Air_Chateau, and our early investor @Mubadala. The next couple of years are going to be extremely exciting for Archer, our industry, and the UAE. Thank you to everyone who joined us in Abu Dhabi!

Today's announcement with @InvestAbuDhabi that we've signed a term sheet that provides @flyarcher with a substantial incentive package to manufacture and operate our aircraft here represents a definitive moment in Abu Dhabi's efforts to lead the UAE, and the rest of the world, in standing up electric air taxi operations. @adamgoldstein13 and I were honored to commemorate this monumental agreement with His Excellency, @badralolama and his team at ADIO via a signing ceremony here at @Driftx_AD to showcase the strength of our partnership and celebrate the exciting future we're building together as we aim to begin commercial operations with Midnight in the UAE as early as 2025.

A big thank you to His Excellency Mohammed Ali Al Shorafa, Chairman of @AbuDhabiDMT, and Aqeel Ahmed Al Zarouni & Omran Malek from the UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority (@gcaauae) leadership for stopping by our @flyarcher booth to discuss our joint efforts to bring electric air taxis to Abu Dhabi and Dubai as soon as next year! #DRIFTx

It’s a wrap for day 1 at DRIFTx! With exciting live demos, insightful panel discussions, and a full day of networking, DRIFTx is a platform to explore the future of mobility, both locally and globally. Register for day 2 at: driftx.com/ #UrbanMobility

Over a year in the making – today we announced a significant agreement with @InvestAbuDhabi that covers several-hundred-million dollars of investments focused on accelerating Archer’s commercial air taxi operations across the 🇦🇪 Emirates as soon as late next year. A huge thank you to @badralolama and ADIO for the growing investment in our partnership as we work together to bring Midnight to the skies of Abu Dhabi and Dubai. A few of the key points: ✈️ OPERATIONS & INFRASTRUCTURE | Highlights include vertiport construction, operational enablement for air taxi operations in the UAE, and local workforce development programs, with plans to commence air taxi operations with our Midnight aircraft as soon as next year 🌎 GLOBAL LEADERSHIP | This provides a significant catalyst to our push to commercialize electric air taxis across the globe and positions Abu Dhabi as one of the world’s leaders in promoting urban air mobility archer.com/news/archer-signs…

The Government Services Advisory Board came in this week to check out Midnight and strategize ways to continue growing our relationship with the @DeptofDefense. Thanks to Retired 3-star General David A. Krumm, Retired 3-star Vice Admiral Ron Boxall, Retired 2-star General @ClayHutmacher, Retired 2-star General Bill Gayler, Retired 4-star General Steve Townsend @US_G_TOWNSEND, Retired Chief Warrant Officer 4 Michael J. Durant for your time and thought leadership.  Speaking of distinguished leaders, it was great having our Board of Directors at HQ for quarterly meetings as well. Thanks to Deborah Diaz, Fred Diaz, Oscar Munoz, Barbara Pilarski, Maria Pinelli, and Michael Spellacy for the productive meetings this week.

We hosted a record number of Huntsville, AL natives at @flyarcher this week! Was great to have our Government Advisory Board here to help with our growing DoD relationship -- ⭐️⭐️ @ClayHutmacher, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ @US_G_TOWNSEND, and more, in addition to our Board of Directors. Great few days at HQ.

Ok guys hear me out...what if we bring flying cars to Miami? ✈️🏝️ Always great to spend more time with one of America's most forward-thinking leaders, Mayor @FrancisSuarez, to discuss how @flyarcher will help unlock congestion for Miami over the coming years.

It was great spending the morning in Mumbai with @manisha_girotra, CEO of our partner @Moelis in India, who has led some of India's largest corporate deals and helped us forge critical partnerships around the world. Mumbai has some of the most crippling traffic I've experienced anywhere -- driving 10km takes 30 mins -- and I can't wait for us to launch @flyarcher Midnight planes here in the next few years.

Great to see Minister @PiyushGoyal again in New Delhi this morning with @AdamWarmoth to discuss @flyarcher's plans to launch flying taxis across the country as soon as 2026 with our partner, @InterGlobe_IGE @IndiGo6E, India's leader in aviation

Thank you to the Director General of India's @DGCAIndia, Mr. Vikram Dev Dutt, for meeting @flyarcher and @InterGlobe_IGE @IndiGo6E teams this week in New Delhi. We are excited to work in close partnership with the DGCA to ensure bilateral type certification of Midnight in unison with the @FAANews and the UAE's @gcaauae. We will also work with the DGCA to develop the flight operations concepts and airspace integration as we look to launch Archer-Interglobe service in Delhi, Mumbai, and Bangalore as soon as 2026!

Broke the sound barrier at #sxsw2024 🤫 From @CapitalFactory's Startup Crawl to engaging with space/defense industry leaders at @jpmorgan's mixer and the SDI VIP Reception, our team seized opportunities to showcase Whisper Aero's next-gen propulsion and talk dual-use strategies.