Joby Aviation Partners with CAE to Develop eVTOL Air Taxi Sim

Joby Aviation announced Wednesday it’s partnering with Canada-based CAE to develop and qualify flight simulators that will be used to train electric air taxi pilots.

Thom Patterson

Wednesday, March 09, 2022 at 01:59 PM ET

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Joby is partnering with Canada-based CAE to develop new flight sims for its electric air taxis. [Courtesy: Joby Aviation]

Key Takeaways:

Joby Aviation is partnering with CAE to develop and qualify flight training simulators for its eVTOL air taxi, which is expected to enter service in 2024.
The partnership aims to train a new generation of pilots to meet the demand for thousands of new pilots required for scaled-up eVTOL air taxi services.
CAE will leverage its extensive experience in flight simulation to help qualify Joby’s training devices with the FAA, supporting Joby’s vision of operating a large-scale passenger air taxi service.

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Scaled-up business models for emerging electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxis will require thousands of new pilots. With that in mind, Joby Aviation (NYSE: JOBY) announced Wednesday it’s partnering with Canada-based CAE (NYSE: CAE) to develop and qualify flight training simulators for its eVTOL, which is expected to enter service in 2024.

Joby said it intends to “train a new generation of pilots.”