Archer Aviation unveils Halo, a commercial autonomous VTOL aircraft

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Introducing Halo: Archer’s Commercial Variant of Dual-Use Autonomous VTOL Aircraft Platform Developed With Anduril

July 22, 2026 7:00 AM EDT

Archer Halo is the commercial variant of Archer and Anduril's jointly-developed dual-use platform built to serve both defense and commercial applications. Anduril unveiled Thunder, the defense variant of the platform, on Monday at the Farnborough International Airshow. The dual-use platform builds on the core technologies developed and matured over the last eight years of Archer's commercial aircraft program, including aircraft design, powertrain engineering and manufacturing. Archer named Marubeni Aerospace Corporation as a strategic launch partner for Halo, with more partners expected to be announced this year.

 

FARNBOROUGH, England--(BUSINESS... More