What Happened
Acquisition Expands Autonomous Flight and Airspace Management
Archer Aviation’s planned acquisition of Boeing’s Wisk Aero, SkyGrid, and Insitu subsidiaries has cleared a key U.S. antitrust step, advancing a deal that will combine autonomous aircraft, airspace software, and AI into a comprehensive physical AI platform for aerospace and defense. The transaction, which is expected to close by the end of 2026, will bring together Wisk’s autonomous flight technology, SkyGrid’s airspace-management software, and Insitu’s uncrewed aircraft systems with Archer’s ZEE AI platform. This development was reported by an unknown source.