Joby to Expand Manufacturing Footprint with Acquisition of Second Ohio Facility

Joby Avi­a­tion has signed an agree­ment to acquire a man­u­fac­tur­ing facil­i­ty in Day­ton, Ohio, which will ini­tal­ly sup­port the com­pa­ny’s plans to dou­ble pro­duc­tion to four air­craft per month in 2027.

The facil­i­ty, which is ready for imme­di­ate use and spans more than 700,000 square feet, also pro­vides space for sig­nif­i­cant future growth and com­ple­ments Joby’s exist­ing pro­duc­tion facil­i­ties in Cal­i­for­nia and Ohio. Oper­a­tions in the new facil­i­ty is expect­ed to begin this year.

JoeBen Bevirt, founder and CEO, Joby Avi­a­tion, said: “This site will not only sup­port our near-term plan to dou­ble pro­duc­tion, it can also serve as a base for sig­nif­i­cant future growth, as we turn a decade of engi­neer­ing into the man­u­fac­tur­ing scale the mar­ket is now demand­ing.

“From the world’s first air­craft fac­to­ry to the Wright-Pat­ter­son Air Force Base, Day­ton has long been the epi­cen­ter of aero­space inno­va­tion and we’re proud to be build­ing the next gen­er­a­tion of flight right here.

He added: “The rein­dus­tri­al­iza­tion of Ohio has become cen­tral to Joby’s sto­ry and with unmatched gov­ern­men­tal and pol­i­cy sup­port, we’re ready to make sure that the com­mer­cial and defense air­craft that define the future of flight are built right here in Amer­i­ca.”

Joby’s man­u­fac­tur­ing growth in Ohio comes at a time of sig­nif­i­cant pol­i­cy momen­tum for advanced air mobil­i­ty (AAM).

US Sec­re­tary of Trans­porta­tion, Sean Duffy, recent­ly announced a nation­al strat­e­gy for advanced air mobil­i­ty that pro­vides a clear pol­i­cy roadmap to accel­er­ate AAM deploy­ment and inte­gra­tion. This align­ment comes as the Fed­er­al Avi­a­tion Admin­is­tra­tion and DOT pre­pare to deploy the eVTOL Inte­gra­tion Pilot Pro­gram (eIPP) in 2026.

By val­i­dat­ing oper­a­tional use cas­es and flight routes across the coun­try ahead of final Type Cer­ti­fi­ca­tion, the eIPP — paired with the strategy’s pol­i­cy rec­om­men­da­tions — enables reg­u­la­tors, local com­mu­ni­ties, and indus­try lead­ers to pre­pare for the arrival of advanced air mobil­i­ty.

In July 2025, Joby announced the com­ple­tion of an expand­ed man­u­fac­tur­ing facil­i­ty in Mari­na, CA and in Octo­ber, con­firmed the start of pro­peller blade pro­duc­tion in Ohio.

To sup­port the planned dou­bling of pro­duc­tion, Joby began pro­cure­ment of the cap­i­tal equip­ment required to dou­ble man­u­fac­tur­ing capac­i­ty last month. At Joby’s site in Cal­i­for­nia hir­ing is under­way to sup­port round-the-clock man­u­fac­tur­ing oper­a­tions.

Ohio Wel­comes Joby’s Con­tin­ued Invest­ment

Ohio Gov­er­nor Mike DeWine, said: “From the Wright Broth­ers to Joby Avi­a­tion, Ohio has always been where the future of flight takes shape. Joby’s expand­ed man­u­fac­tur­ing pres­ence in Van­dalia and the Mia­mi Val­ley brings togeth­er our state’s rich avi­a­tion her­itage with our world-class advanced man­u­fac­tur­ing work­force to build the air­craft that will rede­fine how peo­ple and goods move through our cities.”

Sen­a­tor Jon Husted (R‑Ohio), added: “Joby’s expan­sion builds on Dayton’s lega­cy as the birth­place of avi­a­tion while shap­ing the future of flight. This new, more than 700,000 square-foot facil­i­ty will cre­ate new jobs for Ohioans and allow Joby to increase its air­craft pro­duc­tion.

“Ohio remains proud to be a hub for com­pa­nies invest­ing in inno­va­tion. Ohio makes the things the world needs, and Joby’s work is an exam­ple of that. I’m excit­ed to see what Joby accom­plish­es with this new facil­i­ty and will con­tin­ue advo­cat­ing for their suc­cess.”

Job­sO­hio Pres­i­dent and CEO J.P. Nau­seef, said: “As the world’s lead­ing advanced air mobil­i­ty com­pa­ny, Joby’s deci­sion to dou­ble down in Ohio speaks to the speed at which advanced tech­nolo­gies can scale in our state and the pow­er­ful and col­lab­o­ra­tive envi­ron­ment Team Ohio and the Day­ton Devel­op­ment Coali­tion have built to sup­port growth of emerg­ing indus­tries in the region. 

“Since Joby first announced its mas­sive air taxi facil­i­ty in 2023, it is again demon­strat­ing how this state deliv­ers what com­pa­nies need to move from inno­va­tion to pro­duc­tion at scale.”