+ Create post

Joby completes a coast-to-coast autonomous-aircraft demonstration

Joby ($JOBY) reported a 3,199-mile journey across the United States by an aircraft equipped with its autonomy system, with no control inputs from the onboard safety pilot. The converted Cessna Caravan performed taxiing, takeoffs, navigation and landings autonomously, with remote supervision from locations as far as 2,323 miles away. The demonstration used Joby’s J208 platform, not its electric vertical-takeoff air taxi. A safety pilot remained aboard, so the flight should not be described as unc

0
0

Joby begins Texas flight demonstrations and establishes a regional operating base

Joby Aviation ($JOBY) began a North Texas flight campaign under the federal electric-air-taxi integration pilot program, working with the Texas Department of Transportation’s Project Nexus. Planned routes connect Fort Worth Alliance Airport with urban locations and Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. The campaign is intended to test operations in real airspace rather than only at a dedicated development site. Joby also leased a 45,000-square-foot facility at Alliance Airport to support the

0
0