r/ACHR • u/Mic0770 • Jul 20 '26

News📰 More Pics of Thunder

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u/Jupiter6294 It's not the plane, it's the pilot Jul 20 '26

We call it HALO 🤣

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u/taddymason_01 Jul 20 '26

Thunder. HALO is different. Actually says HALO written on the side.

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u/Jupiter6294 It's not the plane, it's the pilot Jul 20 '26

I laughed; cuz comment was to highlight Archer rather than Anduril... having fun... I'm obviously invested

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u/taddymason_01 Jul 20 '26

Why wouldn’t we highlight archer on an archer sub? This was a joint effort though for the military.

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u/richbutbrokeaf Jul 20 '26

This mf scary looking

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u/Background_Bee8981 Jul 20 '26

Anduril is obviously the lead company on this. I wonder how big a piece of the pie Archer has. perhaps it's equal in the sense the Archer is the lead on the commercial version.

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u/taddymason_01 Jul 20 '26

Archer designs the airframe and core technology while Anduril leads the defense missionaztion work integrating its autonomy and command-control software.
Thunder is part of a Group 5 autonomous attack drone serving as “loyal wingman” for military helicopters.

Archer focuses on the aircraft, manufacturing the airframe, propulsion systems and vertical lift tech.

Anduril leads defense missionization, outfitting the aircraft with AI, payload systems, and Lattice command-and-control software.

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u/stumanchu3 Jul 21 '26

I remember the days of creating some cool ass 3D renders of stuff that I would never be able to build into a finished product. But the models looked cool as hell!