Hermeus
@hermeuscorp
Building the world's fastest aircraft.
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Threats aren’t slowing down and neither are we.
Build fast. Fly fast. Scale fast.
Come see what we’re building at AFA. Booth 1623.
Hermeus picks Anduril autonomy for Quarterhorse drone
Anduril is partnering with Hermeus. The first commercial deal to integrate Anduril’s mission autonomy system with a third-party Group 5 aircraft shows just how fast Hermeus’ Quarterhorse program is moving.
Together, Hermeus and Anduril are realizing a new era of military aviation that combines autonomy and speed, unlocking new concepts of operation that will transform what’s possible in military aviation.
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Two for one.
Last week, the team executed two flight tests on Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 in a single flight window.
Each flight is another chance to get faster in the air and on the ground.
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Two's a fleet.
The U.S. is not leading in hypersonic testing, but that can change.
@Zsshore live at the @NYSE on how @hermeuscorp's philosophy of rapid iteration can solve this for the U.S.
"Perfect is the enemy of good here. And I think that is inhibiting our ability to compete and eventually win in the hypersonic race."
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Another capability added on flight five.
This week’s flight test included the successful release of a demo payload.
On to the next one.
Another huge HyCAT milestone - a successful unmanned stores separation flight test with @hermeuscorp.
This was only the program's 5th flight since the Spring. Tests like this usually take years. We’re moving 4x as fast.
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Full interview with @Zsshore , CEO of @hermeuscorp on the trading floor at the @NYSE. Hermeus is building the fastest unmanned aircraft in the world.
We talked about:
- Zach’s transition into CEO role
- Hermeus’ $1B valuation & fundraising plans
- Flying Mach 1.6 and the milestones Hermeus is hitting
- The hypersonic timeline
- Testing facilities available for high speed aircraft and engines
- What accessing defense contracts as a defense tech startup
& more.
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Do you believe in the power of crystals, man? @hermeuscorp going supersonic
New top speed unlocked: Mach 1.6.
Since supersonic, the team hasn’t stopped pushing to expand the envelope to higher speeds. Last week, Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 broke its own record — reaching Mach 1.6 on just its fourth flight, with under 90 minutes of total flight time logged.
The fastest way to build fast aircraft is to keep flying them.
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A new look for the next chapter:
This was a fun one. Meet the next iteration of Hermeus: a refreshed logo, website, and visual identity shaped by the aircraft we build and how we build them.
The new identity is industrial, purposeful, gritty, and hardware-first. A modern interpretation of the iconic aircraft companies that came before us, where function dictated form.
Take a look at how we’re building the next great American aviation company:
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250 years of taking risks and pushing boundaries. America has always been defined by a restless drive to engineer the impossible.
That spirit fuels the work we do every day to build the next chapter of American aviation.
Happy Fourth from the Hermeus team.
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Catch @AJ_Piplica on @twistartups with @Alex talking how we’re rewriting the decades-old development playbook through rapid aircraft iteration and smart risk-taking.
Full episode here and on Spotify:
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The last company to start building US fighter jets from scratch showed up in the 1950s… General Dynamics. Since then? Nobody.
Everyone treats that as proof for why it CAN’T be done. Hermeus co-founder, @AJ_Piplica thinks the opposite.
It's the same bet Thiel made on SpaceX, he said you couldn’t name a US car company that won after Jeep in 1941. It’s the same signal everyone misreads.
The absence of competition isn't the risk; it's the opening. @hermeuscorp @alex
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Supersonic. Mach 1.21.
Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 is now the world’s first privately developed, unmanned supersonic jet and the fastest unmanned aircraft flying today.
This flight makes Hermeus the fastest company in aviation history to go from founding to supersonic flight - exactly 364 days after the maiden flight of our first aircraft.
Now, we fly faster.
A special thanks to @DIU_x, Director @OwenWest91, Maj. Gen. Joe "Solo" Kunkel, and Deputy Director Kyle Norman.
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