Joby Aviation, Inc. today announced a collaboration with NVIDIA, marked by NVIDIA’s selection of Joby as the only aviation launch partner for the new NVIDIA IGX Thor platform.
Powered by the NVIDIA Blackwell architecture, the industrial-grade platform is designed to power the next generation of physical AI applications.
This unique collaboration will advance development of Joby’s autonomous flight technology Superpilot across military and civil platforms.
Gregor Veble Mikić, Flight Research Lead at Joby said: “The autonomous systems under development at Joby are poised to complement human intelligence by providing speed, precision, and stamina beyond what a person alone is capable of.
“To achieve this, an aircraft needs a powerful onboard computer that can interpret extraordinary amounts of information to make decisions in real-time.
“Combining NVIDIA’s compute power with our world-class aircraft design, certification and rigorous flight testing capabilities, we’re enabling a new era of safety-first autonomy in aviation.”
Joby is developing Superpilot to interact with the world through a continuum of autonomous functions. NVIDIA’s support for industry recognised functional safety standards on the IGX Thor platform allows Joby to pursue certifiable autonomy for near-term defense and long-term civil applications as the Federal Aviation Administration advances the capabilities of national airspace.
Integrating this level of advanced compute can transform operational safety and mission capability, enabling real-time, on-board capabilities such as: