---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001819848-26-000040"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JOBY"
cik: "0001819848"
company_name: "Joby Aviation, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-01-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T11:23:55.913301+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Joby Aviation acquires second Ohio manufacturing facility for $61.5M to double aircraft production in 2027

## Summary
- Purchase price $61.5M for ~728,000 sq ft facility in Vandalia, OH; $1M deposit with closing by Feb 27, 2026.
- Facility to support doubling aircraft production to 4/month by 2027; operations expected to begin in 2026.
- Acquisition complements existing CA and OH factories; capital equipment procurement began December 2025.
- Conditions: title review approval and seller funding portion of purchase price at closing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001819848-26-000040
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JOBY
- cik: 0001819848
- company_name: Joby Aviation, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-01-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819848/000181984826000040/0001819848-26-000040-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819848/000181984826000040/joby-20260107.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001819848-26-000040.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Joby Aviation, Inc. entered into Purchase and Sale Agreement with Capstone STS, LLC valued at $61,500,000 (effective 2026-01-07).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: asset purchase
  - Counterparty: Capstone STS, LLC
  - Value: $61,500,000
  - Effective: 2026-01-07
  source text: On January 7, 2026, Joby Aero, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Joby Aviation, Inc., (the “Company”) entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Capstone STS, LLC, a Texas limited liability company (“Seller”). Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, the Company agreed to purchase certain real property, improvements and other assets (the “Property”) from the Seller for a purchase price of $61,500,000 (the “Purchase Price”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819848/000181984826000040/0001819848-26-000040-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.