Joby Aviation and L3Harris Technologies said Wednesday they have conducted their first test flight of an autonomous hybrid vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, which they hope to sell to the Defense Department to use operationally. The electrically powered VTOL builds on Joby’s previous experiments with a fully electric “air taxi” aircraft , which it delivered to the Air Force for testing in September 2023, the company said in a statement. The flight, which took place Friday at Joby’s