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The gate between a working eVTOL prototype and commercial revenue is FAA type certification.
That process verifies that an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft meets airworthiness standards before it can carry paying passengers, and every company in the sector is working through the same queue.
Archer has moved to add a second front: a military aircraft developed with Anduril sent its shares 20% higher.
The certification constraint that shapes the whole sector Archer and its eVTOL peers are racing toward FAA certification to operate as commercial air taxis. The certification process is the chokepoint.
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