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Joby Conducts First Flight of Demo Turbine-Electric VTOL

Joby Aviation's turbine-electric, autonomous vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) demonstrator aircraft | Photo: Joby Aviation

Joby Aviation has completed the first flight of its turbine-electric hybrid VTOL aircraft, developed with L3Harris Technologies to expand the range and operational use of its electric air taxi platform for commercial and defence applications. The company said the demonstrator builds on its all-electric aircraft, which has logged over 50,000 miles of flight testing and is in the final phase of Federal Aviation Administration type certification.