Hermeus
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Building the world's fastest aircraft.
Atlanta, GA
Joined October 2018
Airborne! Last week, Quarterhorse Mk 1 took off from Edwards AFB, achieved stable flight and landed smoothly. Mk 1's flight validated our rapid, iterative approach to airplane development and advanced our mission to radically accelerate aviation.
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RT @EdwardsAFB: NEWS: Renaming of Experimental Test Force at Edwards reflects focus on industry #integration across #sUAS systems, sensors,….
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Check out the Abundance Institute's full Hermeus feature on YouTube:
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We choose to go fast - not because it's easy, but because it's needed. Our mission is to unleash American air power - one rapidly developed aircraft at a time. Fast planes fast.
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"If you can play five chess moves in the time your enemy is playing one, you're probably gonna win.". Hermeus' CEO, AJ Piplica, spoke with Forbes about the future of high-speed aircraft and survivability.
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The sound barrier was once thought to be a destructive wall no aircraft could cross and survive. The Bell X-1 challenged that. On Oct. 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager broke the barrier and changed aviation forever. Honoring the legacy. Building the future. We are Hermeus.
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You're looking at the "Iron Bird," Hermeus' facility housing the insides of Quarterhorse Mk 2, including the inflight power generators, control surfaces, and landing gear. This set up enables us to rapidly test and iterate on all subsystems in parallel — outside the vehicle —
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Up next for Hermeus: flying supersonic. The crew dives into what to expect from Quarterhorse Mk 2. Watch the full podcast on Hermeus' Youtube.
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Speed — not stealth — is what'll set the warfighter apart in the future. Hermeus' AJ Piplica and Zach Shore spoke with Forbes about why Hermeus champions speed in the products we're building and in our development processes. Watch the full Forbes feature on Youtube:
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“Look at all those RIVETS.” .Chief Technologist Glenn Case explains in our Hermeus Podcast why Quarterhorse Mk 1 has visible rivets - and why Quarterhorse Mk 2 won’t. Watch the full episode on YouTube: .
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The Hermeus Podcast is back! Listen in as Hermeus' CEO AJ Piplica discusses Quarterhorse Mk 1's first flight with Skyler Shuford, Zachary Shore, and Glenn Case. They’re diving into the challenges behind the scenes, engineering choices, and what it means for the future of flight.
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“Back in the saddle” to first flight in 6 days. That doesn’t happen without a test team built for speed. Test, analyze, integrate, repeat — this is how America gets fast airplanes fast.
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RT @AJ_Piplica: Props to @realDonaldTrump for helping remove the unnecessary barriers to radically accelerating aviation with today's Execu….
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RT @AJ_Piplica: It's always great chatting with Vago Muradian - I learn something every time. Hopefully you learn something too about @herm….
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There’s fast, and then there’s hyperfast. Hermeus is developing a hypersonic transport for the U.S. Air Force, and they took a big step recently with the first flight of their proof-of-concept plane....
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We're not crying, you're crying 🥲.
Congrats to our whole team @hermeuscorp flying Mk 1! I’m hugely grateful - y’all poured your hearts into this airplane, you drove through another crucible of iterative development, and showed yourselves what’s possible. Now the bar rises. The next step is always the hardest.
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Wondering why our Quarterhorse Mk 1 airplane looks the way it does? Our President and Co-Founder, @skyshuford, explains.
Why did we design an entire aircraft (Quarterhorse Mk 1) around ~merely~ takeoff and landing at @hermeuscorp? . When your aspect ratio is low (i.e. these super stubby wings which we'll need at high speed) many things get MUCH harder for takeoff and landing, especially for a
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Quarterhorse's first flight "demonstrates that we can do what we say we can do . Now, I don't have to explain that anymore. Our path explains itself. ". In case you missed it, Hermeus CEO & Co-Founder @AJ_Piplica spoke with Guy Norris @AviationWeek to discuss Quarterhorse Mk
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Clean sheet to completed build: 204 days. Arrival at Edwards to 130 kts taxi test: 21 days. Operations restart to flight: 6 days. First requirements to wheels up: 20 months. Iteration is the way. Fast airplanes fast.
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RT @AviationWeek: High-speed aircraft developer @hermeuscorp has successfully flown its remotely piloted Quarterhorse Mk. 1 demonstrator at….
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Hermeus has flown its remotely piloted Quarterhorse Mk. 1 demonstrator, marking a key step toward follow-on development of supersonic and hypersonic vehicles.
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