Joby CEO Announces 84% Completion of Stage 3 FAA Certification Work for EVTOL Aircraft Written 3 November 2023
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Joby Aviation in September delivered this S4 prototype to Edwards Air Force Base in California. Another is scheduled to be delivered to the base in “early 2024.” | Credit: Joby Aviation; Aerospace America–©
Aviation Today reports that Joby Aviation CEO JoeBen Bevirt says the company’s eVTOL aircraft is 84% on its way to completing FAA Stage 3 certification requirements. The company “checked off several milestones in the past three months that bring it ever closer to launching commercial passenger flights in 2025.” Joby is “ramping up production at its pilot manufacturing facility in Merina, Calif., with one aircraft in final assembly and two more in production.” It also has “chosen Dayton, Ohio, as the site for the first scaled manufacturing facility, after receiving promises for $325 million in state and local incentives and benefits, Bevirt said.”
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