Following Archer’s announcement of its plans to participate in the White House eVTOL Integration Pilot Program (eIPP) Joby Aviation has today announced similar plans.
“President Trump has long recognized the significance of America’s leadership in the next era of aviation and this initiative ensures our nation’s leadership will continue,” said Greg Bowles, Chief Policy Officer at Joby. “We’ve spent more than 15 years building the aircraft technology and operational capabilities that are defining advanced aerial mobility, and we’re ready to bring our services to communities. We look forward to demonstrating our aircraft’s maturity and delivering early operations in cities and states nationwide.”
The eIPP is designed to allow mature aircraft designs to demonstrate eVTOL use cases, such as passenger transport, cargo delivery, and emergency response, ahead of achieving type certification, said the company. The programme requires participating partners to have a high level of maturity in aircraft capabilities and a degree of readiness that facilitates operations from the time that community projects are chosen, it continued. Joby has over 40,000 miles of flight testing across its fleet, with nearly 600 flights in 2025 alone. And recently completed its first flight between two public airports during which it integrated with commercial air traffic,
Joby expects to fly its first of five FAA-conforming aircraft this year and to begin flight testing with FAA pilots onboard early next year.
The company is also working in close collaboration with state and local governments, including those in Texas, Florida, Ohio, New York, California, and more. “In Texas, the program builds on the excitement surrounding the Center for Advanced Aviation Mobility (CAAM).”
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