---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-055505"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JOBY"
cik: "0001819848"
company_name: "Joby Aviation, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-11T12:00:37+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-11T12:05:50.517934+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Joby Aviation to acquire Resonant Sciences for ~$500M; also launches $750M ATM

## Summary
- Acquisition price ~$500M: $450M cash + $50M in Joby common stock; stock consideration fixed at signing.
- Resonant TTM revenue >$100M, up ~40% YoY; high-teens adjusted EBITDA margins; ~250 employees.
- Closing expected H1 2027, subject to regulatory/national security approvals; Resonant CEO J. Micah North to lead dedicated defense unit.
- Joby also entered ATM offering to sell up to $750M common stock via Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, Allen & Co., BofA.
- Resonant backlog more than doubled YoY; H1 2026 bookings over 3x prior-year period.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-055505
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JOBY
- cik: 0001819848
- company_name: Joby Aviation, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-11T12:00:37+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819848/000162828026055505/0001628280-26-055505-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819848/000162828026055505/joby-20260808.htm

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