Trump’s executive order on drones will shape U.S. eVTOL roll-out

The Air Current
Elan Head
25 August 2025

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In his second-quarter earnings call on Aug. 11, Archer Aviation CEO Adam Goldstein made a point of praising an executive order released by President Donald Trump in June. Titled “Unleashing American Drone Dominance,” the executive order was, not surprisingly, primarily focused on drones — but it also established an Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing Integration Pilot Program (eIPP) that could create a pathway to pre-certification operations of eVTOL aircraft in the national airspace system.

“The executive order in June, crafted in partnership with the White House, DOT and FAA, is the most significant federal action to date in the eVTOL sector,” Goldstein declared during the call. “It establishes a national directive for American dominance in this industry, in a presidential imperative to begin air taxi deployments in the U.S. as early as next year.”..

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