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Archer Wins Competitive Bid Process to Acquire Lilium's Patent Portfolio
Archer Aviation acquired about 300 eVTOL patents from bankrupt Lilium, adding to its 1,000+ patent portfolio and strengthening its position in advanced air mobility.
- At NBAA 2025 in Las Vegas, Archer Aviation Inc. won a competitive bid to acquire Lilium GmbH's portfolio of ~300 patent assets for �18M.
- After multiple failed restructurings, including a last-ditch bid by Mobile Uplift Corporation, a bankruptcy administrator put Lilium GmbH's assets through a competitive bid process.
- Spanning core eVTOL innovations, the portfolio includes ducted fans, propeller systems, high-voltage systems, battery management, aircraft design, flight controls and electric engines, strengthening Archer's global patent portfolio with over 1,000 assets.
- Archer beat Ambitious Air Mobility Group and U.S.-based Joby Aviation , saying Lilium's ducted fan technology could unlock light-sport and regional electric flight.
- The transaction follows industry consolidation, including the Volocopter acquisition, and positions Archer — with its 2021 SPAC listing and defense program with Anduril — to expand markets.
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The patents for the Lilium flight taxi project, which was once launched with great ambition, have been sold out of the insolvency mass to the US competition. This was reported by the insolvency administrator Ivo-Meinert Willrodt in Munich. Purchaser of the godfather portfolio with over 300 patents is the vertical starter developer Archer Aviation Inc. in the US state of California. The creditor committees of Lilium GmbH and Lilium Aerospace GmbH…
US competitor Archer buys the patents of the insolvent electric flight start-up Lilium for 18 million euros. In the background, there is a fight for the decision.
The end of the Lilium Jet project is sealed with the entry of the American competitor. Archer does not intend to continue to build the aircraft.
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