Joby Acquires Xwing To Bring Autonomous Flight To Electric Air Taxis

Xwing has been developing its modular autonomous flight system using the Cessna Caravan as a flight testbed.

Credit: Xwing
Joby Aviation has acquired the autonomy division of Xwing, a U.S. startup developing a modular autonomous flight system for aircraft. The Xwing team will be integrated into Joby, where they will focus on the automation and autonomy road map for Joby aircraft. The deal was paid for with Joby shares...
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