GKN Aerospace today announced a collaboration with Archer Aviation focused on the manufacture and supply of key airframe components for Archer’s Midnight electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in the UK.
“GKN Aerospace will utilise and build on its extensive experience in lightweight aerostructures, wing technologies, and electrical systems to support the manufacture and supply of Midnight’s wing,” said the company in a press release. “This work expands the existing collaboration between Archer and GKN Aerospace, through which it has supplied Midnight’s low voltage Electrical Wiring Interconnection Systems (EWIS) since 2023 from the Netherlands. These components are critical to the aircraft’s performance, safety, and manufacturability as Archer prepares for commercial launch.
“The collaboration will leverage GKN Aerospace advanced manufacturing technologies to ensure the wing structure meets the stringent performance and certification requirements. Work has been underway at GKN Aerospace UK’s Global Technology Centre in Bristol and across its European sites for over a year.
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