Joby Aviation partners with NVIDIA for autonomous flight development

Joby Aviation Inc. (NYSE: JOBY) announced a collaboration with NVIDIA that designates Joby as the sole aviation launch partner for NVIDIA's IGX Thor platform. The industrial-grade computing platform uses NVIDIA's Blackwell architecture and is designed for physical AI applications.

The partnership will advance development of Joby's autonomous flight technology called Superpilot across military and civil platforms. The IGX Thor platform supports industry-recognized functional safety standards, allowing Joby to pursue certifiable autonomy for defense applications and future civil uses as the Federal Aviation Administration develops national airspace capabilities.

"The autonomous systems under development at Joby are poised to complement human intelligence by providing speed, precision, and stamina beyond what a person alone is capable of," said Gregor Veble Mikić, Flight Research Lead at Joby. "To achieve this, an aircraft needs a powerful onboard computer that can interpret extraordinary amounts of information to make decisions in real-time."

The integrated computing capabilities are intended to enable autonomous mission management, radar and perception processing, and sensor fusion. The system would allow aircraft to determine optimal flight paths, process data from radar, LiDAR and vision sensors, and combine information from multiple sensors for situational awareness.

Additional planned features include predictive system health monitoring and digital twin modeling capabilities. The predictive monitoring would alert crew members before system components require attention, while digital twin technology would gather flight data to refine aircraft performance models.

Joby Aviation develops all-electric, vertical take-off and landing air taxis. The company plans to operate air taxi services and sell aircraft to other operators and partners.

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