Archer and Anduril unveil Thunder for attack-helicopter missions
The clean-sheet hybrid rotorcraft gives Archer a defense path while its air-taxi business still faces certification and scale-up work.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: Reuters
Why it matters
Thunder gives Adam Goldstein a route to defense contracts and hybrid-aircraft sales while Archer's original passenger business remains pre-revenue and dependent on certification.
Adam Goldstein, Archer Aviation's founder and CEO, has turned the electric-aircraft developer's years of propulsion and flight-control work into a clean-sheet autonomous rotorcraft built for military missions.…
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