Air taxi developer Archer Aviation has announced a new partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which will initiate their mutual research into future advanced air mobility (AAM) applications with what they see as the lynchpin of the new tech’s performance – powerful but safe batteries. Archer and NASA unveiled their agreement this morning, saying the project will look to improve various elements of the emerging AAM industry. Their first step in the wider objective of accelerating the development, manufacturing, and supply chain support of next generation aircraft will be enhancement of batteries that will effectively power the entire activity. Those findings will be shared with the entire sector as they advance. “Maturing battery technology is anticipated to be a key enabling factor for the mass production and adoption of electric aviation,” the Archer release on the partnership said. “NASA’s goal is to test Archer’s battery cell and system design and share the results to push the entire AAM industry forward.” The broader framework of Archer’s project with NASA will be to study ways of expanding AAM craft and operation beyond initially planned public air taxi …