Joby, L3Harris to develop hybrid VTOL military aircraft

Joby, L3Harris to develop hybrid VTOL military aircraft

The collaboration will combine the electric air taxi maker’s manufacturing capabilities with the defense contractor’s surveillance and weapon platforms.

Joby, L3Harris team up to develop hybrid VTOL aircraft for defense missions

The effort builds on Joby’s ongoing development of its commercial S4 electric VTOL (eVTOL) aircraft, which features a tiltrotor design with six five-blade propellers and a distributed electric propulsion system for quiet operation.