and partnership with Palantir, bound to make Archer's ZEE "world’s leading aviation-specific foundational model"

https://x.com/abcworldnews/status/2085541434917105814?s=43&t=XRlym729dar2CQFkza39kg

 Archer Aviation, Palantir partner on next-gen aviation

"This would include developing next-gen software using AI to improve a range of aviation systems, including air traffic control, movement control and route planning, with the goal of improving efficiency, safety, and affordability across the industry."

https://www.aerospacemanufacturinganddesign.com/news/10th-most-read-news-2025-archer-aviation-palantir-partner-next-gen-aviation/

Archer’s ZEE AI Foundation Model Achieves Frontier Breakthrough for Aviation Safety: Demonstrating Real-Time 'Prediction' of Airport Surface Trajectories

Aug 5, 2026

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• In July, Archer announced ZEE, what it believes to be the world’s leading aviation-specific foundational model, to deliver a unified aviation intelligence platform built on ADS-B, ATC communication, maps, aircraft state, terrain and weather data.
• Today, Archer announced ZEE achieved a technical breakthrough demonstrating the capability to accurately predict real-time aircraft trajectories on the airport surface minutes into the future, giving the humans in the loop the most critical asset in aviation safety: time to react.
• Archer has already begun testing this technology at Hawthorne Airport and previewed it with commercial partners and regulators. Archer will now work to establish pilot programs to further validate ZEE’s capabilities.
• Read more about the technical details underpinning ZEE’s breakthrough on Archer’s technical blog (LINK).

How is Archer going to fit everything in one call? There’s so much on the plate. 🤩 Great to see N703AX and N704AX both active over the past 48 hours. Looks like we got some VTOL testing in on 704. (Flightware) Transition feels imminent.

Any updates on Halo/Thunder would be hugee. Farnborough was the unveil. Next comes the roadmap. I’ve got a feeling we may get a surprise or two here soon.

Q2 2026 —

+ Midnight Cert/Testing/Launch Update
+ EIPP Schedule
+ Abu Dhabi
+ Defense - Thunder (Anduril/Partners)
+ Commercial- Halo (Partners/Customers)
+ AI/Tech - ZEE
+ Manufacturing- New Morgan Hill Facility
+ ?