MilitaryDIU Awards $159 Million For Hermeus To Demonstrate High-Mach Flight And Payload Release Hermeus on May 28 said it has received a $159 million contract modification from the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to demonstrate high-Mach flight and high-speed payload carry and release to aid…
AI & AutonomyHermeus’ Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 Aircraft Goes Supersonic In First For Unmanned Flight Less than three months after the first flight of the Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 unmanned aircraft, Hermeus on Tuesday said the jet-powered aircraft achieved supersonic speeds in its second flight, a first in aviation history.…
Advanced TechnologyHermeus Achieves Flight With Quarterhorse Mk 1 Remotely Piloted Aircraft Hermeus on May 27 said its Quarterhorse Mk 1 unmanned aircraft successfully flew for the first time, a key milestone on the startup’s path to developing high-Mach and hypersonic aircraft. The May…
MilitaryRaytheon Technologies’ New Venture Arm Invests In Hypersonic Aircraft Company Hermeus RTX Ventures, a capital investment group recently set up by Raytheon Technologies, on Thursday said it made a strategic investment in the start-up company Hermeus Corp., which is developing hypersonic aircraft for commercial…