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accession: "0001104659-24-127843"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACHR"
cik: "0001824502"
company_name: "Archer Aviation Inc."
filed_at: "2024-12-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T04:16:22.843033+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Archer raises $430M in equity and partners with Anduril for military VTOL aircraft

## Summary
- Raised $430M in private placement at $6.65/sh; $5M subject to stockholder approval; total capital nearly $2B.
- Investors include Stellantis, United Airlines, Wellington Management, and Abu Dhabi's 2PointZero.
- Exclusive partnership with Anduril to develop hybrid VTOL aircraft targeting a U.S. DoD program of record.
- Archer Defense led by Joseph Pantalone (ex-Lockheed Martin/Sikorsky); initial term through May 2026.
- Cash and equivalents at Q3'24 were $502M; company says well-capitalized with no near-term financing needs.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-127843
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACHR
- cik: 0001824502
- company_name: Archer Aviation Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-12-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824502/000110465924127843/0001104659-24-127843-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824502/000110465924127843/tm2430721d1_8k.htm

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