UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~February~~March 232, 2026

Archer Aviation Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware

001-39668

85-2730902

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)


190 West Tasman Drive
San Jose, CA						95134
(Address of principal executive offices)						(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 650-272-3233

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:


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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share

ACHR

New York Stock Exchange

Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share

ACHR WS

New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company o

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

Item 7 2.0102 ~~Regulation~~Results FDof ~~Disclosure~~Operations and Financial Condition.

On ~~February~~March 232, 2026, Archer Aviation Inc. (“Archer” or the “Company”) ~~filed~~will hold a ~~patent~~conference ~~infringement~~call ~~lawsuit~~regarding ~~against~~its ~~Vertical~~operational ~~Aerospace~~and ~~Ltd.~~financial results for the fourth quarter and ~~Vertical~~full ~~Aerospace~~year ~~Group~~ended ~~Ltd~~December 31, 2025. Archer also issued a letter to its stockholders (~~collectively,~~the “~~Vertical~~Shareholder Letter”) inand a press release (the ~~United~~“Press ~~States~~Release”) ~~District~~announcing ~~Court~~its operational and financial results for the ~~Eastern~~fourth ~~District~~quarter ofand ~~Texas.~~full ~~The~~year ~~lawsuit~~ended ~~alleges~~December ~~that~~31, ~~Vertical’s~~2025. ~~electric~~Copies ~~vertical~~of ~~take-off~~the Shareholder Letter and ~~landing~~the ~~(“eVTOL”)~~Press ~~Valo~~Release ~~aircraft~~are ~~infringes~~furnished ~~multiple~~herewith ~~patents~~as ~~owned~~Exhibits by99.1 ~~Archer~~and ~~relating~~99.2, respectively, to ~~its~~this ~~Midnight~~Current ~~eVTOL~~Report ~~aircraft~~on Form 8-K.

Archer ~~seeks,~~makes ~~among~~or ~~other~~will ~~things,~~make anreference ~~injunction~~to non-GAAP financial information in the Press Release and on the conference call. A reconciliation of GAAP to ~~prevent~~non-GAAP ~~Vertical~~results ~~from~~is ~~continuing~~provided ~~its~~in ~~infringing~~the ~~activities~~Press Release, as ~~well~~attached asto ~~monetary~~this ~~damages~~Current ~~for~~Report ~~past~~on ~~infringement~~Form 8-K.

The information infurnished with this Item 72.0102, including ~~Exhibit~~Exhibits 99.1 ~~attached~~and ~~hereto~~99.2, ~~is being furnished and~~ shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities ofunder ~~such~~that section, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by reference ininto any filing ~~under~~of the ~~Exchange~~Company ~~Act~~under or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as ~~shall be~~ expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit Number						Description
99.1						Letter to Shareholders, dated March 2, 2026
99.2						Press Release issued by Archer Aviation Inc., dated March 2, 2026
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted in the Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	ARCHER AVIATION INC.
Date: February 24, 2026	By:	/s/ Eric Lentell
Date: March 2, 2026	By:	/s/ Eric Lentell
	Name:	Eric Lentell
	Title:	Chief Legal & Strategy Officer

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