Archer Aviation teams up with Palmer Luckey’s military tech startup to create an ‘autonomous attack rotorcraft’

Electric air taxis could soon start packing some serious firepower. Archer Aviation has teamed up with Anduril Industries, the military technology startup cofounded by Palmer Luckey, to create what the companies describe as a “Group 5 autonomous attack rotorcraft.” The jointly developed aircraft, called “Thunder,” is a hybrid-electric vehicle “designed to multiply the combat power of current and next-generation crewed attack and assault aircraft,” the companies said Monday. The vehicle is…