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Archer Aviation will acquire Boeing subsidiaries Wisk Aero, Insitu and SkyGrid, while Boeing takes a minority stake of nearly 20% in Archer. The transaction combines electric-aircraft, autonomous-flight, uncrewed-systems and airspace-management technologies, expanding Archer’s ambitions beyond the urban air mobility market.
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Archer Aviation will acquire Boeing subsidiaries Wisk Aero, Insitu and SkyGrid, while Boeing takes a minority stake of nearly 20% in Archer. The transaction combines electric-aircraft, autonomous-flight, uncrewed-systems and airspace-management technologies, expanding Archer’s ambitions beyond the urban air mobility market.
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Archer Aviation will acquire Boeing subsidiaries Wisk Aero, SkyGrid and Insitu in an all-stock transaction, combining eVTOL development, autonomous flight and airspace-management technologies with a profitable defense business. The deal is expected to make Boeing Archer’s largest outside shareholder and expand Archer’s military and unmanned-aircraft portfolio.
Rheinmetall plans a German systems-integration facility for Boeing’s MQ-28 Ghost Bat as the partners target a 2029 Luftwaffe collaborative combat aircraft requirement. Separately, Archer Aviation agreed to acquire Boeing subsidiaries Wisk Aero, SkyGrid and Insitu, while Boeing retains technology access and focuses on aircraft development.
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