Joby Aviation Inc Stock Price, News & Analysis

Joby Aviation (NYSE:JOBY) completed the UAE’s first piloted point-to-point electric air taxi flight on 9 November 2025, landing at Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC) after a 17-minute piloted flight from Margham.

The company announced three new vertiport sites—Dubai Mall, Atlantis the Royal and American University of Dubai—to join an initial network that includes a vertiport at Dubai International Airport due for completion in Q1 2026. Joby is conducting daily demonstration flights at Dubai Airshow 2025 and is operating under a six-year exclusive agreement with Dubai RTA targeting commercial launch in 2026.

Joby (NYSE:JOBY) completed the first flight of its turbine-electric autonomous VTOL demonstrator on November 7, 2025, integrating a hybrid turbine powertrain with Joby’s SuperPilot™ autonomy stack.

The demonstrator flew three months after the hybrid concept announcement and follows more than 50,000 miles of all-electric flight testing; Joby and L3Harris (NYSE:LHX) plan government mission demonstrations in 2026. The release notes potential civilian, commercial and defense applications and cites a $9 billion FY26 U.S. government request for next‑generation platforms.

Joby (NYSE:JOBY) and the General Authority of Civil Aviation of Saudi Arabia announced a memorandum of understanding on November 12, 2025 to accelerate deployment of Joby’s electric air taxi in the Kingdom.

The MOU uses FAA certification standards as a foundation to streamline Saudi regulatory approval, targets harmonized airworthiness, pilot licensing, maintenance and airspace integration, and builds on Joby’s commercial engagements in the region.

The company is near the final phase of FAA Type Certification and its Saudi commercialization plan references partnerships exploring delivery of up to 200 aircraft (approximately $1 billion) and collaboration with local firms to localize manufacturing and talent.

Joby (NYSE:JOBY) signed a letter of intent to sell up to $250 million of eVTOL aircraft and services to Alatau Advance Air Group (AAAG) to help establish Kazakhstan’s first air taxi service.

The deal includes pre-delivery payments, a parallel memorandum of understanding with Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development committing to regulatory and infrastructure support, and collaboration to source critical materials such as titanium and rare earth metals from Kazakhstan. AAAG plans to launch services in Alatau City (a 340 square mile smart-city project) and Almaty, positioning Kazakhstan as a regional advanced air mobility hub.

Blade (NYSE:JOBY) announced a pilot weekday commuter service between Westchester County Airport and Manhattan, with daily morning and evening flights starting December 1, 2025. The service targets suburbs including Greenwich, Scarsdale, Rye and Bedford and aims to cut typical rush-hour commutes from over 90 minutes to about 12 minutes. Fares run from $125 (with a Blade Commuter Pass) to $225 per seat. A preview flight is planned for November 28, 2025. Blade will operate helicopters initially and intends to transition to Joby electric, zero-emission aircraft after FAA certification, using the pilot to collect operational and rider-experience data to support Joby commercialization.

Joby (NYSE:JOBY) reported Third Quarter 2025 operational and financing updates as of September 30, 2025, and will host a webcast on November 5, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. PT.

Key highlights: FAA Type Certification progressed into final stage with power-on testing of FAA-conforming aircraft for Type Inspection Authorization (TIA) and preparation for "for credit" flight testing; more than 600 flights in 2025 and thousands of ground tests; over 7,000 miles and >40 flight hours of autonomous Superpilot operations; production scale-up including propeller blade manufacturing in Dayton and 15x more type-design-conforming parts vs 2024; approximately 40,000 passengers transported by newly acquired Blade service during the quarter. Financially, Joby ended the quarter with $978.1M in cash and equivalents and completed an October 2025 equity offering with ~$576M net proceeds to support certification, manufacturing, and commercial prep.

Joby (NYSE:JOBY) announced on November 5, 2025 that it has begun power-on testing of the first FAA-conforming aircraft built for Type Inspection Authorization (TIA). This step enables thousands of hardware and software integration tests ahead of "for credit" flight testing and is described as part of the final stage of the FAA Type Certification process.

Joby says Joby pilots will begin flight testing later in 2025, with FAA pilots expected to take control in 2026. TIA testing will validate performance, control and handling, maintenance and operations, and provide data the FAA will use to decide on issuing a Type Certification. Joby will also release Q3 2025 results after market close on November 5, 2025 and host a webcast at 5:00 pm ET.

Joby Aviation (NYSE:JOBY) has begun manufacturing propeller blades at its Dayton, Ohio facility, advancing in-house production of a critical carbon-fiber component ahead of commercial service.

Key points: production capacity could reach 15,000 blades/year (five blades per propeller, 30 per aircraft); conforming blades are expected next month; installation on flight test aircraft is targeted for next year; the Dayton site is planned to support up to 500 aircraft/year and to back Joby’s type and production certification programs. An opening event is scheduled for November 10, 2025.

Joby (NYSE:JOBY) announced a collaboration with NVIDIA, naming Joby the sole aviation launch partner for the new NVIDIA IGX Thor platform powered by the Blackwell architecture. The integration will support Joby’s Superpilot™ autonomy stack across military and civil platforms, enabling real-time onboard capabilities such as mission management, radar/LiDAR/vision perception, sensor fusion, predictive system health monitoring, and digital twin modeling. The partnership is positioned to accelerate development of certifiable aerospace autonomy as the FAA advances national airspace capabilities.