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Advanced Air Mobility Report, July 16, 2025

VOL. 5 NO. 29 July 16, 2025
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Technology

Hunterbrook Media (we have permission to use the image) Caption: Registered N30FR, the JAI30 is a hydrogen-electric-powered uncrewed aircraft
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Joby Flies Hydrogen-Electric Uncrewed Aircraft

Jul 14, 2025
Joby Aviation appears to have conducted an almost-9-hr. flight of a previously unknown hydrogen-electric-powered uncrewed aircraft.
horizon cavorite c7 hybrid evtol
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ZeroAvia, Horizon To Study Hydrogen-Electric eVTOL

Jul 15, 2025
ZeroAvia will explore the integration of its ZA600 hydrogen-electric powertrain into Horizon Aircraft’s planned Cavorite X7 hybrid eVTOL.
A diagram of a Beechcraft King Air modified with batteries, electric propulsion units and turbogenerator.
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Dovetail And Zeusch Partner On Hybrid-Electric Retrofits For King Air Fleet

Jul 11, 2025
Spanish-Australian startup Dovetail Electric Aviation has announced plans to partner with Netherlands-based Zeusch Aviation to develop hybrid-electric retrofits for the Beechcraft King Air twin turboprop.
The S-1 is designed to carry up to 30 passengers in a high-density layout, or 24 in a typical airport shuttle layout. Credit: Sora Aviation
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Sora Making Progress Toward 30-Passenger eVTOL Shuttle

Jul 14, 2025
UK startup Sora Aviation has designed a large tiltrotor eVTOL able to carry up to 30 passengers at a time.
Merlin’s test bed aircraft, a modified Cessna Caravan dubbed “Charlie Bravo,” parked at its test flight facility in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. Credit: Ben Goldstein/Aviation Week Network
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Merlin Pushes Toward Certification Of Autoflight System For Caravan

Jun 16, 2025
Merlin Labs appears on track to launch into certification flight testing early next year for a modified Cessna Caravan with autonomous flight capability.
Full-scale prototype of the W280 made its first flight at an uncrewed aircraft test site in Suzhou.
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China’s WeFly Flies Full-scale eVTOL Prototype

Jul 15, 2025
Chinese startup WeFly conducted the first flight of a full-scale uncrewed prototype of its W280 eVTOL air taxi.

Finance & Investment

Vertical Aerospace has been testing its VX4 prototype in piloted cruise mode.
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Vertical Aerospace Extends Cash Runway With $60M Equity Raise

Jul 11, 2025
Vertical Aerospace announced the successful closing of a $60 million equity raise, extending its cash runway through the middle of 2026.

Business

Marubeni is to resume Lift Hexa eVTOL demonstration flights at the Osaka-Kansai Expo
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Marubeni Resumes Osaka Expo eVTOL Flights, Drops VX4 Plans

Jul 11, 2025
Japan’s Marubeni is to resume demonstration flights with Lift Aircraft’s electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) Hexa at the 2025 World Expo in Osaka.
Grasshopper e350 eVTOL
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Grasshopper, Jetpak Partner On Autonomous Logistics In Sweden

Jul 11, 2025
Spanish startup Grasshopper Air Mobility has partnered with Swedish delivery service Jetpak to offer uncrewed parcel deliveries in Sweden.

AAM Briefs

VoltAero
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AAM Briefs: VoltAero, Hydroplane And More

Jul 15, 2025
AAM Briefs: VoltAero, Hydroplane and More