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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001824502-26-000087"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACHR"
cik: "0001824502"
company_name: "Archer Aviation Inc."
filed_at: "2026-11-09T21:07:09+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-11-09T21:08:15.891819+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Archer Q3 revenue $5.1M; net loss $274.6M; FAA certificate unlocks LA ops

## Summary
- Revenue was $5.1M; net loss $274.6M and adjusted EBITDA loss $178.5M, at the favorable end of $170M-$200M guidance.
- Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments totaled $1.4B at quarter-end.
- Midnight received an FAA Market Survey Special Airworthiness Certificate, unlocking piloted LA operations in coming weeks ahead of eIPP and LA28 passenger trials.
- Boeing's Wisk, Insitu and SkyGrid acquisition is nearing close with only one of nearly 20 approvals outstanding; Boeing is set to become Archer's largest shareholder.
- Insitu adds over $200M in annual revenue across 35 countries; Archer began turboshaft engine testing for its Anduril Halo/Thunder platform, targeting 2027 full-scale flight testing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001824502-26-000087
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACHR
- cik: 0001824502
- company_name: Archer Aviation Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-11-09T21:07:09+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824502/000182450226000087/0001824502-26-000087-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824502/000182450226000087/achr-20261109.htm

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