Joby Aviation today announced that it is making investments to double its manufacturing capacity in the United States, to support the production of four aircraft per month in 2027.
“Joby has recently disclosed more than USD1 billion in potential aircraft and service sales, while the U.S. government’s eVTOL Integration Pilot Program, announced in September, aims to jumpstart air taxi operations, with a Presidential Executive Order directing the Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to enable mature eVTOL (electric vertical take off and landing) aircraft to begin operations in select markets as early as next year, ahead of receiving full FAA certification,” said the company in a press release.
According to JoeBen Bevirt, founder and CEO, Joby Aviation: “Given the maturity of our air taxi program and the significant demand we’re seeing for our aircraft, we’re confident now is the right time to invest in the equipment, facilities and people required to accelerate production, and we look forward to doing so with Toyota, the world’s largest auto manufacturer, at our side.”
In July, Joby celebrated the completion of an expanded manufacturing facility in Marina, CA and, in October, confirmed the start of propeller blade production in Ohio, ahead of planned manufacturing expansion in the state. To support the growth in output announced today, Joby has begun procurement of the capital equipment required to double manufacturing capacity from two to four aircraft per month, and is hiring to support round-the-clock manufacturing operations at its site in California.
“Last month, the Company announced it had reached a critical milestone on the path to certifying its aircraft for commercial use, with the start of power-on testing of the first of several FAA-conforming aircraft to be built for Type Inspection Authorization (TIA). TIA testing is the final stage of the FAA Type Certification process, during which FAA test pilots will fly Joby’s aircraft. All four of the remaining FAA-conforming aircraft required for TIA testing are now in production.”
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