Vehicles · Wisk Aero (Boeing; Archer deal pending)
Gen 6
Autonomous electric air taxi supervised from the ground (4 passengers)
Prototype
- Price / deposit
- Not sold to consumers
- Certification, as written on the tracker
- No type certificate; flight testing two Gen 6 aircraft in Hollister, CA
- Delivery / launch
- No commercial date announced; Archer agreed to acquire Wisk from Boeing (Aug 10 2026, subject to closing conditions)
- Tracker updated
Certificates
A special or experimental airworthiness certificate, a production approval and an operator certificate are not type certificates. Standing is taken from the linked source.
No certification row is recorded here yet.
Orders and other deals
| Date | Kind | Parties | Amount | What the source says | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Merger or acquisition Conditional |
Archer Aviation Wisk Aero (Boeing; Archer deal pending) Gen 6Boeing (seller of Wisk Aero, Insitu and SkyGrid) |
Not stated for the Wisk purchase price |
Archer said on August 10, 2026 that it had agreed to acquire Boeing's Wisk Aero, Insitu and SkyGrid, and that Boeing would take a stake in Archer. Archer says the transaction remains subject to agreed closing conditions. It is not a completed acquisition and not an aircraft order. Wisk's May 4, 2026 release still described Wisk as a wholly owned Boeing subsidiary. |
Milestones
| Date | Vehicle | Kind | Event | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
First flight |
Second Gen 6 aircraft fliesWisk announced on May 4, 2026 the first flight of its second Gen 6 aircraft at Hollister, California: vertical takeoff, hover and chirp maneuvers. The release does not give a separate calendar date for the flight. Wisk also said the first Gen 6 had started flight testing in mid-December, without stating the year in that sentence. |