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Joby Aviation Acquires Xwing’s Autonomy Division, Adding To Defense Work

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Joby Aviation Acquires Xwing’s Autonomy Division, Adding To Defense Work
Airmen load weather equipment into Xwing's autonomous Cessna 208B Grand Caravan during AGILE FLAG 24-1 at McClellan Airfield in Sacramento, California, Jan. 27, 2024. The cargo was delivered to March Air Reserve Base, California, and was the second autonomous logistics mission during an Air Force exercise. Xwing's autonomous flight technology allows its aircraft to taxi, takeoff, fly to a destination, avoid airborne and ground threats, and land, without any human input. AFWERX has awarded Xwing two Small Business Innovation Research contracts, a Phase Two in March 2023 and a Phase Three in December 2023 to demonstrate the capability in an operationally relevant environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse)

Joby Aviation [JOBY], which is developing an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft as an air taxi service, on Tuesday said it has acquired the autonomy division of Xwing, a small company developing technology for autonomous flight operations that earlier this year flew unmanned dispersed cargo operations in unrestricted space for the Air Force. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Joby is getting about 40 engineers, researchers, and technologies from Xwing’s autonomy division, including Maxime Gariel, the company’s…

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