Wisk Aero Timeline

Events

• 2026-08-10 - Acquisition - Archer agrees to acquire Boeing’s Wisk Aero, Insitu and SkyGrid subsidiaries - Wisk adds six generations of autonomous eVTOL development and more than 1,700 flight tests. Insitu has built more than 3,500 uncrewed aircraft systems deployed across 35 countries and generates more than $200 million in annual revenue. SkyGrid contributes… - source: investors.archer.com
• 2026-07-15 - Capability - Wisk and NASA complete three-aircraft autonomy supervision trial - The exercise tested a 1:3 supervisor-to-aircraft concept on routes between Moffett Field and San Martin Airport. Controllers continued using existing procedures and tools while scenarios included operational contingencies. The trial formed part of Wisk’s… - source: wisk.aero
• 2025-10-28 - Partnership - Wisk selects Liebherr for Generation 6 actuation system - Liebherr will provide electromechanical actuation for Generation 6 flaperons, elevators and rudders as well as the propulsion system's tilt angle. The long-term agreement covers development, certification and full-rate scaled production. Liebherr is adapting… - source: wisk.aero
• 2023-06-20 - Partnership - Wisk selects Safran SkyNaute navigation for Generation 6 - Safran will supply the SkyNaute hybrid inertial navigation system for Wisk's Generation 6 autonomous, all-electric air taxi. SkyNaute uses Safran's HRG Crystal hemispherical resonator gyroscope technology to maintain high-integrity navigation when GNSS is… - source: wisk.aero
• 2019-12-02 - Partnership - Kitty Hawk and Boeing establish Wisk Aero - Wisk announced the joint venture on December 2, 2019, identifying Boeing and Kitty Hawk as its founding companies. The Cora team became Wisk's foundation, while Zephyr Airworks was renamed Wisk New Zealand. The new company combined Kitty Hawk's… - source: wisk.aero