Archer, January 08, 2026 - LAS VEGAS, NV - At CES 2026, Archer Aviation Inc. announced plans to develop and deploy the next generation of artificial intelligence technologies for aviation using the NVIDIA IGX Thor platform.
The aviation space is a high-impact domain for Physical AI, particularly to advance critical capabilities in aircraft safety, airspace integration and autonomy-ready systems. Archer plans to debut its NVIDIA integration at its recently acquired Hawthorne airport in central Los Angeles, which is expected to be its operational hub for its planned LA air taxi network and a test bed for its AI-powered aviation technologies.
The companies have been working together since early 2025, with Archer planning to integrate NVIDIA IGX Thor, the company’s most powerful safety-capable AI computing module, into future iterations of its aircraft programs. NVIDIA IGX Thor is built to enable high-reliability, real-time onboard computing for safety-critical environments, supporting advanced perception, decision making and predictive operations.
Archer aims to power the next wave of AI technology in aviation, with a focus on three core areas:
- Enhancing Pilot Safety & Predictive Awareness: Leveraging NVIDIA’s high-throughput edge computing to sense the environment, while processing flight-path data in real-time, giving pilots earlier, clearer and more actionable insight.
- Seamless Airspace Integration: Developing AI systems that help bring current airspace management systems into the 21st century, allowing aircraft to safely integrate into today’s complex airspace, including improved routing logic and dynamic traffic-aware flight planning.
- Autonomy-Ready Flight Controls: Pairing NVIDIA IGX Thor with Archer’s proprietary avionics and control software to build a next-gen computing architecture capable of supporting future autonomous and semi-autonomous operations.
“CES has always been a launchpad for technologies that reshape industries, so we’re proud to announce our AI collaboration with NVIDIA here,” said Adam Goldstein, Archer’s Founder and CEO. “NVIDIA’s AI compute capabilities and software stack give us the foundation to accelerate toward safer, smarter aircraft systems and modernize how aviation interfaces with the world’s airspace.”
Initial integration of NVIDIA IGX Thor into Archer’s development pipeline is already well underway, with broader applications expected across manufacturing, aircraft fleet operations and pilot training. The collaboration builds on Archer’s expanding ecosystem of AI-focused partnerships.
About Archer : Archer (NYSE: ACHR) is designing and developing the key enabling technologies and aircraft necessary to power the future of aviation.
The aviation space is a high-impact domain for Physical AI, particularly to advance critical capabilities in aircraft safety, airspace integration and autonomy-ready systems. Archer plans to debut its NVIDIA integration at its recently acquired Hawthorne airport in central Los Angeles, which is expected to be its operational hub for its planned LA air taxi network and a test bed for its AI-powered aviation technologies.
The companies have been working together since early 2025, with Archer planning to integrate NVIDIA IGX Thor, the company’s most powerful safety-capable AI computing module, into future iterations of its aircraft programs. NVIDIA IGX Thor is built to enable high-reliability, real-time onboard computing for safety-critical environments, supporting advanced perception, decision making and predictive operations.
Archer aims to power the next wave of AI technology in aviation, with a focus on three core areas:
- Enhancing Pilot Safety & Predictive Awareness: Leveraging NVIDIA’s high-throughput edge computing to sense the environment, while processing flight-path data in real-time, giving pilots earlier, clearer and more actionable insight.
- Seamless Airspace Integration: Developing AI systems that help bring current airspace management systems into the 21st century, allowing aircraft to safely integrate into today’s complex airspace, including improved routing logic and dynamic traffic-aware flight planning.
- Autonomy-Ready Flight Controls: Pairing NVIDIA IGX Thor with Archer’s proprietary avionics and control software to build a next-gen computing architecture capable of supporting future autonomous and semi-autonomous operations.
“CES has always been a launchpad for technologies that reshape industries, so we’re proud to announce our AI collaboration with NVIDIA here,” said Adam Goldstein, Archer’s Founder and CEO. “NVIDIA’s AI compute capabilities and software stack give us the foundation to accelerate toward safer, smarter aircraft systems and modernize how aviation interfaces with the world’s airspace.”
Initial integration of NVIDIA IGX Thor into Archer’s development pipeline is already well underway, with broader applications expected across manufacturing, aircraft fleet operations and pilot training. The collaboration builds on Archer’s expanding ecosystem of AI-focused partnerships.
About Archer : Archer (NYSE: ACHR) is designing and developing the key enabling technologies and aircraft necessary to power the future of aviation.
NVIDIA IGX Thor
NVIDIA IGX™ is an industrial-grade, edge AI platform that combines enterprise-level hardware, software, and support. It’s purpose-built for industrial, robotics, and medical environments, delivering powerful AI compute, high-bandwidth sensor processing, enterprise security, and robot safety. The platform also comes with NVIDIA AI Enterprise and up to 10 years of support, so you can deliver AI safely and securely to support human and machine collaboration.
NVIDIA IGX Thor™ represents a new class of enterprise edge computers, built to power the next generation of industrial, robotics, and medical edge applications. Taking advantage of the NVIDIA Blackwell GPU architecture, it excels at generative reasoning and multimodal sensor processing.
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