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Air Force

First Military Airworthiness for eVTOL Awarded to Joby Aviation

Kelsey Reichmann

Thursday, December 10th, 2020

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First Military Airworthiness for eVTOL Awarded to Joby Aviation

Joby Aviation received the first military airworthiness for an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicle from the AFWERX Agility Prime program. (Joby Aviation)

Joby Aviation received the first military airworthiness for an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicle from the AFWERX Agility Prime program, Will Roper, Air Force and Space Force acquisition technology and logistics chief, announced during the AFWERX Accelerate webinar on Dec. 10. Joby Aviation and Beta Technologies also broke ground on charging and simulator stations at Springfield Airport in Ohio during the webinar. “This is an exciting announcement because it means you are literally seeing a new market emerge,”…

Congress

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Congress

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