Joby plans to participate in White House eVTOL Integration Program
MARINA – Joby Aviation will be taking advantage of an opportunity that ensures mature electric vertical take off and landing aircraft can begin operations in select markets ahead of full Federal Aviation Administration certification, a critical step in preparing for scaled commercial service.
The eVTOL Integration Pilot Program was included in a presidential executive order to the Department of Transportation and FAA . Entitled “Unleashing American Drone Dominance,” dated June 6, President Trump declared that it is the policy of the United States to accelerate the safe commercialization of unmanned aerial systems technologies and fully integrate them into the National Airspace System, as well as eVTOL and other Advanced Air Mobility aircraft operations.
The Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing Integration Pilot Program is designed to allow mature aircraft designs to demonstrate eVTOL use cases, such as passenger transportation, cargo delivery and emergency response, ahead of achieving certification. The program 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.
“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, in a press release. “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 focus of this pilot program will be achieving ambitious national objectives in core areas that are in the public interest, according to the Screening Information Request from the Department of Transportation. Operations that are envisioned include piloted and unmanned approaches including air taxis – short range, on demand flying eVTOLs connecting to ground transport, and demonstrating reduced noise impacts. Other possibilities include longer-range, fixed wing flights moving people in new forms of advanced regional aircraft with capabilities such as short takeoff and landing that could unlock new and more economically viable possibilities in air travel. Cargo services using novel aircraft, including potentially fixed wing aircraft, logistics and supply that demonstrate new airlift and emergency management services, such as eVTOL operations for servicing energy facilities off-shore and improving medical transport capabilities with lower costs and impacts on local communities are other possibilities.
With the completion of its expanded manufacturing space in Marina, Joby plans to double its production capacity to up to 24 aircraft per year across a total of 435,000 square feet at the Marina Municipal Airport. The site also provides key capabilities, including Joby’s initial FAA production certification, conforming ground and flight testing components, pilot training simulators and aircraft maintenance. (Joby)Joby says it is well positioned to deliver on fronts including operational readiness as it has the most mature eVTOL aircraft in the sector and has validated its aircraft capabilities in a variety of contexts. The company also has scaling production capacity supported by Toyota.
Joby Aviation has over 40,000 miles of flight testing across its fleet, with nearly 600 flights in 2025. Joby recently completed its first flight between two public airports – Marina Municipal and Monterey Regional –during which it integrated with commercial air traffic. In addition, the company’s flight tests across five countries have demonstrated the resiliency of the aircraft in a variety of conditions, including multiple flights and full VTOL transition in Dubai’s extreme heat conditions.
With the completion of its expanded manufacturing space in Marina, Joby plans to double its production capacity to up to 24 aircraft per year across a total of 435,000 square feet at the Marina Municipal Airport. The site also provides key capabilities, including Joby’s initial FAA production certification, conforming ground and flight testing components, pilot training simulators and aircraft maintenance.
Joby Aviation, which has been doing business at the Marina Municipal Airport for about seven years, has designed and is producing an electric air taxi that will carry a pilot and four passengers at speeds up to 200 mph and offer high-speed mobility with a fraction of the noise produced by helicopters and zero operating emissions. Joby Aviation plans to operate these aircraft as part of aerial ridesharing networks in cities and communities around the world.
