Joby Aviation Soars Into Military Contracts: The Electric Air Taxi Giant’s Defense Play

Silicon Valley's favorite flying taxi startup just got a wartime glow-up.

Joby Aviation—best known for zipping billionaires between Manhattan and JFK—just locked down a Pentagon deal that could redefine military logistics. No more 'disrupting urban mobility' press releases; now they're gunning for Lockheed Martin's lunch money.

The Pentagon's checkbook is open

Defense contracts are the ultimate 'product-market fit' hack. Forget chasing FAA certifications—when the DoD wants vertical takeoff capabilities yesterday, you deliver. Even if it means your eVTOL prototypes suddenly grow missile racks.

Wall Street's betting on battlefield Uber

Analysts whisper this could triple Joby's valuation by 2026. Because nothing juices a SPAC-born stock like switching from serving Sand Hill Road to supplying Special Forces. (Bonus cynicism: Defense budgets never crash—unlike crypto markets.)

One question remains: Will those whisper-quiet electric rotors survive their first encounter with a $2 billion aircraft carrier's flight deck?