Bristol, England, Feb 20 — Archer (NYSE: ACHR) today announced that it has selected Bristol as the home of its UK Engineering Hub, which will support some of the company’s most advanced engineering initiatives across both its commercial and defense programmes.
With a long history of aerospace innovation and a deep well of talent, Bristol offers an ideal location for Archer’s UK hub. Since Arche ‘s announcement in December of its plans for this UK hub, it has received hundreds of applications and has begun hiring engineers to help Archer deliver the next era of advanced aerospace and defense.
This workforce will help drive Archer’s local collaboration with Anduril UK and GKN, initially focused on the companies’ joint work in support of the British Army’s Project NYX and the Ministry of Defence’s Land Autonomous Collaborative Platform programme.
“We want to hire the best engineers the UK has to offer. Bristol has a strong industrial base and a deep talent pool that makes that possible. This market is a big area of focus for us moving forward and our UK hub will be our home base,” said Adam Goldstein, CEO and founder of Archer.
Archer’s defense work is anchored by its strategic partnership with Anduril, which selected Archer as its exclusive partner to develop a hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft tailored for the US and allied defense applications.
Archer is currently hiring exceptional engineering talent.