{"id":38126,"date":"2025-08-01T15:35:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2025\/08\/01\/joby-l3harris-developing-autonomous-aircraft-for-defense-missions\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:22:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:22:14","slug":"joby-l3harris-developing-autonomous-aircraft-for-defense-missions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/unmanned\/2025\/08\/01\/joby-l3harris-developing-autonomous-aircraft-for-defense-missions\/","title":{"rendered":"Joby, L3Harris developing autonomous aircraft for defense missions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Electric aircraft firm Joby Aviation is teaming up with L3Harris to develop an autonomous hybrid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/2023\/09\/25\/jobys-air-taxis-to-help-us-air-force-usher-in-electric-aviation-era\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/2023\/09\/25\/jobys-air-taxis-to-help-us-air-force-usher-in-electric-aviation-era\/\">vertical takeoff and landing aircraft<\/a> that could be used for defense applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The companies plan to start flight tests this fall and be ready to demonstrate operational capabilities in government exercises by 2026. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe collaboration leverages Joby\u2019s existing commercial aircraft development program and leading manufacturing capabilities, combined with L3Harris\u2019 proven expertise on platform missionization including sensors, effectors, communication and collaborative autonomy,\u201d the firms said in a statement Friday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The aircraft, which is based on Joby\u2019s S4 platform, is designed for either piloted or fully autonomous operations. It\u2019s powered by a gas turbine propulsion system, and the firms said it could have a range of defense applications, including ISR and contested logistics missions. As a vertical takeoff and landing, or VTOL, aircraft, the system can lift off vertically, similar to a helicopter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Joby is perhaps more known for its commercial work \u2014 the company plans to mass produce its electric aircraft as part of an air taxi service \u2014 the firm has been working with DOD since 2016, when it received a contract <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/2023\/12\/04\/pentagons-commercial-tech-arm-to-ramp-up-role-in-military-innovation\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/2023\/12\/04\/pentagons-commercial-tech-arm-to-ramp-up-role-in-military-innovation\/\">from the Defense Innovation Unit<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2023\/12\/04\/pentagons-commercial-tech-arm-to-ramp-up-role-in-military-innovation\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/26_special_verticalDIU.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Pentagon\u2019s commercial tech arm to ramp up role in military innovation<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">DIU&#039;s influence is expected to expand in the coming year as it takes a more direct role in helping the Defense Department scale commercial technology.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few years later, in 2020, the Air Force\u2019s innovation cell, AFWERX, granted Joby\u2019s eVTOL aircraft its first airworthiness certification through the service\u2019s Agility Prime program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2024\/05\/15\/house-bill-time-to-put-air-forces-flying-car-concept-into-action\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2024\/05\/15\/house-bill-time-to-put-air-forces-flying-car-concept-into-action\/\">as part of Agility Prime<\/a>, Joby delivered one of its air taxis to Edwards Air Force Base in California for testing and to support day-to-day base operations, like transporting cargo, parts or people. The service has considered using an aircraft like Joby\u2019s for combat rescue operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joby CEO JoeBen Bevirt said in a statement the company\u2019s partnership with L3Harris is a logical next step for the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have worked closely with the Department of Defense over the past decade to give them a front row seat to the development of our dual-purpose technologies, and we\u2019re now ready to demonstrate and deploy it,\u201d Bevirt said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The companies plan to start flight tests this fall and be ready to demonstrate operational capabilities in government exercises by 2026. 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