Xwing (Acquired by Joby Aviation)

?? After 8 years, hundreds of autonomous flights, incredible partnerships, ground-breaking certification and technical milestones, and the chance to advance our autonomous technology with the best team in the industry, we are thrilled to announce that we are now part of Joby Aviation, effective today. Thank you to Fred Cromer, Maxime Gariel, Earl Lawrence, Marc Piette, Unless, R7, Eniac Ventures and everyone who believed in our vision. Thank you to the Xwing crew as each and every one of you contributed with your expertise, passion, and hard work. We're excited to continue our journey toward autonomous flight as a part of Joby. Follow Joby Aviation to stay in touch! Read the full press release ?? https://lnkd.in/eAbm64MC

?? Xwing just wrapped up our phenomenal Xcellence Day, when we get together to look back at the last quarter’s progress and share exciting developments to come. We wrapped up the day with an activity where our team members got to show off their axe-ceptional skills to hit the bullseye! ?? Follow us on Linkedin to stay on top of the latest news! #Xwing #Innovation #Aviation #JoinOurTeam #TeamCulture #XcellenceDay #CareerOpportunities

Great to host members of the Dutch Delegation this week at the Xwing Hangar! Enjoyed sharing more about Xwing’s work to advance autonomy. #autonomous #aviation #UAM

Why do C2 links matter when building autonomous systems? Check out our latest blog ?? https://lnkd.in/gEnehMM3 Our Senior Director of Architecture Travis Paul and our Communications Management Systems Lead Nathan Murphy provide a deeper look at the value of Command and Control (C2) links in autonomous flight and how we leverage partners like Viasat to add operational flexibility. #autonomous #aviation

If you are in the Bay Area, come join us at Travis Air Force Base this weekend for the Wings Over Solano Airshow. We'll be showcasing one of our Cessna Caravans and our Mobile Mission Control station in the #STEM area. See you there! #airforce #autonomous #aviation

Building on the success of our recent Air Force autonomous cargo missions, we recently announced that we have advanced as a winner of a Phase I SBIR from the US Army xTech SBIR Autonomy program. Excited to showcase our mission-ready autonomy technology to support Army modernization efforts ?? ? https://lnkd.in/gvrns6EN #autonomous #army #defense

Are autonomous aircrafts the future of Agile Combat Employment (ACE)? We think so ?? ICYMI here’s a few stats from our recent Agile Flag 24-1 participation: ?? 2,800 autonomous flight miles flown through public and military airspace ?? 8 airports to deliver essential cargo (6 of these airports we had never landed at before) ?? 24 hr of mission time ? 22 hours of flight time ? Demonstrate our mission-ready autonomy technology is ready to enable on-demand dispersed logistics ?? Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gMN-JAqq #AirForce #autonomous #defense #aviation

Do you need a C130 or even a pilot to deliver parts that are grounding an aircraft or keeping a communications or weapons system from working? Xwing has proven that, in fact, you don’t. Retrofitting existing fleets of small aircraft fill immediate capability gaps for forward logistics missions when requirements exceed small drone range and payload and use of traditional large airframes is inefficient or unnecessarily risky. Our autonomous Cessna Caravan successfully flew multiple on-demand cargo delivery missions during the recent AGILE FLAG 24-1 exercise.? With over 2,800 miles of autonomous flight hours delivering mission-critical cargo to 8 different military and civilian airports across California. See Thomas Newdick's latest article via The War Zone where Air Mobility Command (AMC) Commander Gen. Mike Minihan and others discuss how smaller and autonomous aircraft are part of a next-generation fleet as AMC looks toward conflict in the Pacific theater. https://lnkd.in/gjCmknuX #airforce #defense #autonomous #aviation

?? Check out this month’s Aerospace & Defense Technology, Xwing is featured on the cover with our friends at Daedalean AI in an article describing our complimentary approaches to certifying machine learning in aviation. Thanks to Woodrow Bellamy III for providing this opportunity to describe how aviation is on the verge of increasing safety, lowering costs, expanding capacity, and progressing toward autonomy, due to paradigm-shifting AI-enabled avionics. See the digital version of the article here: https://lnkd.in/dQrfaJ-H #machinelearning #ai #aviation #defense cc: Maxime Gariel, Arthur Dubois, Jean-Guillaume Durand

Xwing gained significant traction as dual-use technology with the success and scale of our first autonomous cargo missions for the Air Force. "The maturity of [Xwing’s autonomous flight system] allowed us to get to the point where the military felt comfortable that we could not only demonstrate the technology, but actually use it." Fred Cromer, Xwing CEO ICYMI: Recently, the Air Force granted Xwing military approval to fly over 2,800 miles of fully autonomous cargo missions in one of our Cessna Caravans to 8 airports throughout California.? Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/gMN-JAqq Xwing is also in full swing to certify our system, as the FAA’s only active project for standard category uncrewed aircraft systems. FAA certification will enable scaled commercial use of our autonomous technology. ?? Check out the full article from Alex Fitzpatrick via Axios: https://lnkd.in/gqTqjmwp #autonomous #aviationnews #airforce #defensetech