# Archer Midnight at United States: deployment

Canonical ID: `73ce07c4-8451-49e0-ae2c-b2d2c943eb39`

[Archer Aviation](/companies/archer-aviation.md) partners selected for White House eIPP in Florida, New York, and Texas. Midnight aircraft targeted for early operations in H2 2026. Phase 3 of FAA certification process completed. Piloted VTOL testing on second Midnight prototype.

## Key facts

- **Program:** White House eIPP (FL, NY, TX)
- **Target:** H2 2026 operations
- **Cert stage:** Phase 3 of FAA process (first to close)
- **Aircraft:** Midnight - 4 passengers, piloted eVTOL

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-08-14_

- **Slug:** archer-midnight-eipp-fl-ny-tx
- **Status:** pilot
- **Model:** [Archer Midnight](/models/archer-midnight.md) (id: `bccc0868-ceb8-402d-996a-4d3952d881e2`)
- **Category:** [Drones](/drones)
- **Company:** [Archer Aviation](/companies/archer-aviation.md) (id: `836c57b7-874b-452c-a576-292c6739baa5`)
- **Location:** [United States](/locations/united-states.md) (id: `aa8b9c05-c836-4021-801f-59801970401e`)
- **Operator:** [Archer Aviation](/companies/archer-aviation.md) (id: `836c57b7-874b-452c-a576-292c6739baa5`)

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. https://investors.archer.com/news/news-details/2026/Archers-US-Air-Taxi-Operations-Take-Major-Step-Forward-as-Florida-New-York-and-Texas-Selected-for-White-House-Pilot-Program/default.aspx

## Common questions

### What is the Archer Midnight deployment at United States?

Archer Midnight, built by Archer Aviation, is recorded as a deployment at United States on the DEPLOY registry. Archer Aviation operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Archer Midnight at United States?

Archer Aviation, the manufacturer of Archer Midnight, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### Have there been incidents at the Archer Midnight deployment at United States?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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