Joby, Air Space Intelligence partner to prepare for scaled electric flight
MARINA – A partnership to accelerate the integration of advanced air mobility into the U.S. national airspace system has been announced by Joby Aviation and Air Space Intelligence. The partnership aims to enable scaled electric flight operations.
Joby is developing electric air taxis for commercial passenger service and has been doing business at the Marina Municipal Airport since August 2018, where it has designed and is producing its electric vertical take off and landing aircraft.
Air Space Intelligence is a leading U.S.-based aerospace and defense software company that works to enable success for the most complex operations, from critical infrastructure to defense.
Building on Air Space Intelligence's Flyways AI Platform – an open AI-powered airspace intelligence platform that uses high-fidelity 4D modeling to optimize flight operations – Joby and Air Space Intelligence plan to work together to advance how scaled electric vertical take off and landing operations can be safely integrated into dynamic, increasingly complex and high-traffic airspace. Joint demonstrations, including live operational exercises, are expected later this year.
"America has long set the global standard for aviation, and modernizing our airspace is key to maintaining that leadership," said Joby Aviation Chief Policy Officer Greg Bowles in a press release. "By combining Joby’s operational capabilities with ASI’s advanced AI-driven Flyways platform, we’re helping build the intelligent infrastructure needed to integrate electric air taxis seamlessly into the (national airspace system) - one of America’s most important national assets."
Every day, more than 45,000 flights and 2.9 million airline passengers travel across the more than 29 million square miles that make up the U.S. national airspace system which includes both controlled and uncontrolled airspace, both domestic and oceanic.
With the Federal Aviation Administration's new air traffic control system set to form the foundation for the next generation of air traffic management, the partnership between Joby Aviation and Air Space Intelligence will also explore how more automated, software-defined approaches to airspace coordination can enable increasingly autonomous flight operations. The FAA is to deliver its air traffic control system by the end of 2028 to replace outdated infrastructure including radar, software, hardware and telecommunications networks to manage travel.
"Scaling advanced air mobility requires more than new aircraft - it requires a new operating system for the airspace," said Bernard Asare, president of civil aviation, Air Space Intelligence, in the release. "Our Flyways AI platform gives operators and controllers the predictive awareness to coordinate high-density operations proactively, not reactively."
Together, the companies will leverage Joby’s operational experience and aircraft capabilities alongside ASI’s AI-driven airspace intelligence to develop joint solutions that demonstrate how electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft operations can scale safely within the existing airspace framework, according to Joby Aviation. Initial results from the partnership’s live operational exercises are expected by the end of 2026.
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