Archer Aviation Inc. (NYSE: ACHR), a U.S. company developing eVTOLs for urban air mobility, announced at CES 2026 in Las Vegas a strategic alliance with NVIDIA to develop and implement the next wave of artificial intelligence technologies for aviation, using the NVIDIA IGX Thor platform.

The collaboration, active since early 2025, involves integrating NVIDIA IGX Thor, NVIDIA’s most advanced and secure AI computing module, into Archer’s future aeronautical platforms. This technology will enable real-time onboard computing for safety-critical environments, facilitating advanced perception, decision-making, and predictive operations.

Archer plans to debut this integration at Hawthorne Municipal Airport in Los Angeles, recently acquired by the company and slated to become the operational hub for its air taxi network and a testbed for AI-based aviation systems.

The initiative focuses on three key areas:

• Enhancing pilot safety and predictive awareness through real-time analysis of the environment and flight path.
• Advanced airspace integration, modernizing traffic management with dynamic planning and intelligent routing logic.
• Autonomy-ready flight controls, laying the foundation for future autonomous and semi-autonomous operations through a next-generation computing architecture.

In addition to in-flight applications, Archer anticipates that NVIDIA’s technology will extend to manufacturing, fleet operations, and pilot training, strengthening its ecosystem of partnerships focused on artificial intelligence and advanced aviation.

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