Archer Aviation has received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) part 141 flight school certification, and plans to launch a pilot training academy to support commercial air taxi operations for its Midnight eVTOL aircraft.  The company is in the process of completing its application for a part 142 training center. Part 142 centers utilize flight simulation training devices for training, testing, and checking of a part 135 operator.

In December, Archer announced that it had completed development of a mixed reality flight training device (MR FTD) for Midnight in cooperation with Niceville, Florida-based Vertex Solutions as part of a $1 million contract with the U.S. Air Force’s AFWERX program. (Archer’s overall AFWERX Agility Prime contract with the Air Force could be worth up to $142 million. Archer delivered an aircraft to the Air Force last year for evaluation.)

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