DTA says U.S. flight testing of the JP1 in Arizona is planned for 2027

DTA Aircraft said on October 19, 2026, datelined Scottsdale, Arizona, that it will open a United States flight-test campaign of the JP1 in Arizona in 2027. DTA's release calls the JP1 a two-seat hybrid-electric personal eVTOL and says it has been flying in France for more than 200 hours. The 2027 U.S. campaign is a plan. Urban Air Mobility News reported the Arizona plan and the flight hours from the company release.

The show aircraft, and a separate NBAA note

DTA says the flying aircraft, not a mock-up, is on display at NBAA-BACE, October 20–22, 2026, in Las Vegas, at booth 6200 in the Atrium Lobby. NBAA's October 6 release also says the JP1 on display is an actual flying aircraft, not a mock-up, and that the prototype has logged more than 200 hours. NBAA adds that the booms retract so the aircraft can be trailered and stored without a hangar. That retractable-boom point is NBAA's. DTA's October 19 release does not say it. NBAA's October 6 release does not state the 2027 Arizona flight-test plan. The show display and the 2027 campaign are related announcements. They are not the same event.

DTA chief executive Théo Parant said, "Flying in the U.S. is a matter of registration now." The release does not say a U.S. registration or certificate has been granted.

What DTA says the aircraft does

DTA says the JP1 flies two hours with two people on board, uses a jet-fuel range extender, has eight rotors, and carries a whole-airframe ballistic parachute. DTA says the figures are preliminary and may change as the aircraft reaches a final production configuration. Urban Air Mobility News reports the endurance, the range extender, the eight rotors and the parachute as the company's account. These are company figures. They are not independently verified on this page.

Reservations, and a certification path

DTA says reservations are open with a $12,000 deposit, $10,000 of it refundable, which counts toward the price and locks it at $385,000. Urban Air Mobility News reported that deposit and that price. A refundable deposit is not a firm order. The October 19 release does not say how many reservations exist.

Update, October 28, 2026. Aviation International News reported that DTA has 30 reservations, four of them taken at NBAA-BACE, and that the deposits hold queue places but are not firm orders. That report is a separate item. AIN also says the Scottsdale prototype stays grounded until DTA obtains an FAA experimental airworthiness certificate. That certificate is not a type certificate, and AIN does not report it as issued.

DTA says the first 50 aircraft, chassis 1 to 50, are a Launch Edition that delivers in 2028, and that later deliveries move to 2029. Those years are targets. Urban Air Mobility News did not report the years.

DTA says the JP1 will be assembled in Arizona and that its U.S. base is at Jet Aviation in Scottsdale. DTA says the aircraft is on a light-sport certification path under the FAA's MOSAIC rule. NBAA's release says the same path and says assembly is in Arizona. A path is not an issued certificate and not a type certificate.

DTA says it has built aircraft in France since 1990, with more than 595 aircraft sold in more than 33 countries and more than 300,000 flight hours. Those totals are the company's, and they cover DTA's earlier aircraft, not JP1 orders.

What is not established

No certificate is reported as issued in the October 19 release. No U.S. flight is reported as completed. The 2027, 2028 and 2029 dates are targets. The October 19 release states no reservation count. AIN's October 28 report, linked above, gives a count of 30 and says those reservations are not firm orders. DTA says the performance figures are preliminary.

Sources

Facts as reported by the linked sources as of Nov 11, 2026. Company targets are plans, not guarantees. Corrections: see About.