Archer and NVIDIA Announce Plans to Deploy Next-Gen Artificial Intelligence Tech for Aviation at CES 2026

(Las Vegas, Nevada) Archer Aviation (NYSE: ACHR) announced today (Jan. 8) at CES 2026 plan to develop and deploy next-generation artificial intelligence technologies for aviation using NVIDIA’s (NASDAQ: NVDA) IGX Thor platform; Archer plans to debut its NVIDIA integration at its recently-acquired Hawthorne airport in central Los Angeles.

Image of Archer’s Midnight electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft courtesy of Archer Aviation.

Archer and NVIDIA 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.

Per Archer, 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.

Initial integration of NVIDIA IGX Thor into Archer’s development pipeline is already underway, with broader applications expected across manufacturing, aircraft fleet operations and pilot training, according to today’s press release from Archer.

“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.”

Per today’s press release, Archer intends to focus on three core areas with respect to AI technology in aviation:

• “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.”