J208 autonomous Cessna Caravan

ex-Xwing Superflight

A converted Cessna Caravan carrying the autonomy software Joby bought from Xwing. It flies whole missions on its own while a remote supervisor watches; a safety pilot still sits on board.

Price: —not sold
Autonomy: SupervisedHow it runs
Driverless: Not yetSafety driver on board
Fleet: —See details below
Speed: —Not published
Range: —Not published

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Why it matters

Joby reports it flew 3,199 miles across the United States with the system doing taxi, takeoff, navigation, rerouting around storms and landing, and no control inputs from the onboard safety pilot.

Real-world use

Coast-to-coast tour from Concord, California to the Outer Banks, North Carolina, announced 18 September 2026, supervised remotely from California and Shaw Air Force Base; also used in US military exercises (Joby).

Timeline

First shown: 2026-09-10
Released: Not yet

Joby autonomous aircraft cross-country tour

Maker

Joby AviationCompany

How it drives

Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.

Driverless status: Safety driver on board
Where it runs: US cross-country route and US military exercises (Agile Flag, REFORPAC)
Fleet: not published
Rides, miles or loads: more than 400 flights and 800 automated flight hours (Joby, September 2026)

Public attention

How much public attention J208 autonomous Cessna Caravan (ex-Xwing Superflight) gets, from open data.

No Wikipedia article of its own yet
No recent press stories listed yet

Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured

What’s inside

No component details published yet.

Movement: Other movement
How it runs: Supervised. Works by itself while a person watches and steps in.

From the maker

J208 autonomous Cessna Caravan (ex-Xwing Superflight) is the only vehicle from Joby Aviation (autonomy stack acquired from Xwing in 2024) in the atlas.

Made, sold and where

No production or sales figures published yet.

Price: Not publishednot sold
How to get one: No official buying page found

Sources

Figures come from the maker. Every link below backs something on this page.

Joby Aviation Joby completes first-ever fully autonomous flight across the United States Xwing Xwing is now part of Joby Aviation

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