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Joby Completes FAA Means of Compliance for eVTOL Aircraft Type Certification
Joby Aviation says it has notched another major milestone on the path to type certification for its five-seat eVTOL air taxi vehicle.
Joby's eVTOL aircraft is pictured during a flight test.
Joby's pre-production eVTOL aircraft is pictured during a flight test near the company’s manufacturing and flight testing facilities in Marina, California. (Photo: Joby Aviation)

Joby Aviation says it has notched another major milestone on the path to type certification for its five-seat eVTOL aircraft. The company today announced it has completed the second of five stages in the FAA type certification process by completing its means of compliance, a document that outlines all the ways in which the company plans to comply with the safety rules that were defined in its certification basis.

According to Joby, the FAA has now accepted 94 percent of its means of compliance requirements. The company considers this stage to be “essentially complete,” because “it is typical for a small portion of the means of compliance to remain open to allow for further collaboration on minor design changes and improvements that may occur later in the certification process,” Joby officials said in a February 9 statement. 

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