#archeraviation — Public Fediverse posts

The #Karem aircraft spinoff Overair was one of the more interesting #eVTOL developers to go bankrupt. Now, some of its technology and staff have migrated to #Anduril and #ArcherAviation for development of the Thunder #drone — which will fly the actual rotors from Overair's ill-fated prototype. More from me in The Air Current: https://theaircurrent.com/defense/the-engineering-behind-anduril-archer-thunder-drone-evtol/

Let's not get too excited people - this is just a mockup!

Anduril +Archer Aviation unveil "Thunder", an autonomous tiltrotor "loyal wingman" designed to fly alongside crewed attack helicopters (AH-64 Apache, MV-75 Cheyenne II).

Mission doctrine = autonomous "escort-wingman", a teaming concept were Thunder flies along side and takes on the parts of a mission most likely to get a helicopter crew killed. https://www.techradar.com/pro/andruil-unveils-autonomous-attack-rotorcraft-could-thunder-be-the-future-of-warfare-as-we-know-it #Aircraft #Helicopter #Military #Andruil #ArcherAviation #Thunder #RotorCraft #Wingman #TiltRotor #AutonomousAircraft #ML

Understanding U.S. eVTOL developers’ long trudge through certification

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://theaircurrent.com/aircraft-development/us-evtol-developers-certification-hurdles-archer-joby-beta/

Weekly output: teens + AI chatbots, Android updates, Trump on data-center energy use, Archer + Starlink, balcony solar, customer feedback, CDA 230 + AI, Bluetooth updates

BARCELONA–It’s a treat to be able to start off a post with this dateline. This is the 13th trip that’s afforded me that opportunity and the 12th involving MWC. But this trip isn’t like the ones before it in one way; on my way across the Atlantic, my country started a war of choice because the president felt like it. The world is better without Iran’s worthless, murdering theocrat Ali Khameni, but I have little confidence in the Trump administration’s ability to do the right things for that long-suffering country.

In addition to the links you see below, Patreon readers got a bonus post from me in which I shared lessons learned from more than 10 years of booking Airbnbs.

2/24/2026: Most Teens Use AI for Homework Help. 10% Let It Do Everything, PCMag

Getting an advance copy of this new study from the Pew Research Center gave me a chance to note a new student-understudy chatbot called Einstein and quiz the CEO behind that app.

2/25/2026: Android Update Puts Gemini AI In the Driver’s Seat for Ride-Hail, Food Orders, PCMag

I have somehow become PCMag’s Android-updates guy. This report included a little testimony about Google’s call-scam-detection feature misfiring for me, an important bit of context to include in a post telling readers about Google bringing that tool to Samsung’s new Galaxy S26 series of phones.

2/25/2026: As Energy Costs Soar, Trump Pushes AI Giants to ‘Produce Their Own Electricity’, PCMag

I didn’t watch the entire State of the Union address because self-care is an important thing, but after reading about President Trump’s call for data-center operators to pay for their electricity and power infrastructure, I knew I’d have to write about that initiative.

2/27/2028: Archer Aviation Taps Starlink for Air Taxi Connectivity, PCMag

I still don’t quite get the point of adding Starlink connectivity to aircraft that won’t fly longer than 15 minutes or higher than 4,000 feet above major cities, but this was an easy post to crank out Friday morning before heading to Dulles that afternoon to start my journey to Spain.

2/28/2026: After Years of Shining in Europe, Balcony Solar Comes Out of the Dark in the US, PCMag

This story had been in the works for literally months–I took the photo you see at the top of the piece on the afternoon that I arrived in Berlin for IFA in September–but the policy picture has also changed dramatically, and for the better, over the intervening months.

2/28/2026: What’s the Best Way to Get Customer Feedback in 2026? Hint: It’s Not Email, PCMag

Two weeks after the customer-experience firm Medallia had me at its annual conference in Vegas (with my hotel covered upfront and my airfare to be reimbursed), PCMag ran my recap of what I learned there.

3/1/2026: Online Platforms Are Not Liable for What Users Post. Should That Include Gen AI?, PCMag

I spent Thursday at the Cato Institute for this enlightening conference marking the 30th anniversary of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the 1996 act that bars you from suing an online platform for something that one of its users posted.

3/1/2026: Bluetooth Is Getting an Upgrade. Here’s What It Means for Your Devices, PCMag

I took almost all of the notes for this at CES in January, but I needed more time to confirm some details and then write the post, after which its lack of a news peg left it easy to set aside for a bit.

Vertical Aerospace wants the stock market to take it seriously

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://theaircurrent.com/industry-strategy/vertical-aerospace-stock-market-evtol-fundraising/

Archer Aviation buys Lilium’s €18M patent portfolio, gaining key eVTOL tech like ducted fans and flight controls. This boosts Archer’s edge in urban, regional, and defense electric aircraft, turning Lilium’s innovations into future flying products.

#ArcherAviation #Lilium #eVTOL #ElectricAircraft #Innovation #Aerospace #Patents #TECHi

Read Full Article Here : - https://www.techi.com/archer-acquires-lilium-patents-electric-aircraft-future/

#ArcherAviation is acquiring the patents of defunct German #eVTOL developer #Lilium for 18 million euros, having prevailed in a competitive bidding process that also attracted rival #Joby. I spoke with Archer's CEO and chief legal and strategy officer about the deal for my latest story in The Air Current. #aviation #electricaviation https://theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatches/archer-lilium-evtol-patent-portfolio/

Weekly output: American Airlines WiFi, Archer Aviation eVTOL air taxis, Google display-ads antitrust violations

During one of the busier travel weeks of the year (happy Easter, everyone), it only seems right for two of my posts for clients to involve commercial aviation. Airlines also figure in my own schedule over the coming week, because Saturday night I depart for Brazil to moderate three panels at Web Summit Rio.

In addition to the posts below, I wrote one Thursday for Patreon readers about how my attitude about taking press trips–meaning, trips subsidized by the company or organization behind the event in question–has changed over the past 10 years.

4/15/2025: Free Inflight Wi-Fi (Finally) Coming to American Airlines, PCMag

AA started this week with the least-competitive WiFi pricing of any U.S. carrier, and now it has one of the most-asterisked announcements of free WiFi among its competitors.

4/17/2025: Archer Aviation, United Airlines Tease Electric Air Taxi Hops to NYC Airports, PCMag

Spending half an hour on a Teams call with Archer’s chief commercial officer Nikhil Goel yielded details left out of the the company’s press release–as well as a questionable assurance that the Trump administration’s devotion to innovation would speed the Federal Aviation Administration’s certification of its Midnight electric vertical-take-off-and-landing aircraft.

4/17/2025: Google Guilty of ‘Willfully Anticompetitive Acts’ in Display-Ads Business, Court Finds, PCMag

A little over two years after I filed a post from a deli in Wallops Island, Va., about the Justice Department’s lawsuit alleging multiple antitrust violations by Google in its display-ads business, I covered Judge Leonie Brinkema holding for the plaintiffs on three of their five claims in a ruling that could lead to the forced divestiture of major parts of Google’s display-ads business. Since that business has done my own industry few favors in recent years, I don’t feel too sorry for Google about that possibility.

#AA #airTaxi #AmericanAirlines #AmericanAirlinesWiFi #ArcherAviation #bannerAds #displayAds #eVTOL #EWR #GoogleAntitrust #GoogleDisplayAds #inflightWiFi #LGA #NYC #NYCAirports #UnitedAirlines

Wisk Aero sues Archer Aviation for alleged patent infringement, trade secret theft - Wisk Aero, the air mobility company borne out of a joint venture between Kitty Haw... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/w308B5qLnoA/ #transportation #archeraviation #kittyhawk #wiskaero #boeing #evtols