Archer Aviation, the electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) and air-taxi aircraft manufacturer, announced on Thursday a slate of acquisitions related to its defense program.

As part of the announcement, Archer acquired a patent portfolio from Overair, an electric aerial mobility manufacturer, as well as hired multiple critical employees related to the patents. Overair is a spinoff of Karem Aircraft, developers of advanced fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft.

In hopes of shoring up its manufacturing capacity, Archer also acquired a 60,000 square-foot production facility from Mission Critical Composites, a specialized defense composite manufacturer in Southern California. According to Archer, this now allows the company to handle large-scale composite fabrication capabilities in-hou

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