• Aircraft equipped with Joby’s autonomy technology completes first-ever autonomous flight across the United States, arriving in North Carolina’s Outer Banks
  • Aircraft covered 3,199 miles with zero control inputs from onboard safety pilot, including autonomous taxi, takeoff, cruise, and landing, supervised remotely from up to 2,323 miles away
  • Milestone demonstrates real-world operational maturity, safety, and dual-use utility of Joby’s autonomy technology for commercial freight, emergency response, and defense logistics
  • Historic low pass over Kitty Hawk honors the birthplace of modern aviation while validating flexible, low-cost autonomous access to remote and regional communities

Joby Aviation, Inc. (NYSE:JOBY) today announced that an aircraft equipped with its autonomy technology has completed the first-ever autonomous flight across the United States. The aircraft flew 3,199 miles with zero control inputs from its onboard safety pilot, concluding the eastbound leg of its month-long tour in North Carolina’s Outer Banks, near the site of the Wright brothers’ first powered flight.